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When We Were Very, Very Young

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Milne's poem was included in the anthology, The Flying Carpet, edited by Lady Cynthia Asquith. 
I think I am a Muffin Man. I haven’t got a bell,
I haven’t got the muffin things that muffin-people sell.
Perhaps I am a Postman. No, I think I am a Tram.
I’m feeling rather funny and I don’t know what I am—
BUT
Round about
And round about
And round about I go—
All round the table,
The table in the nursery—
Round about
And round about
And round about I go:
33I think I am a Traveller Escaping from a Bear;
I think I am an Elephant
Behind another Elephant
Behind another Elephant who isn’t really there....
SO
Round about
And round about
And round about and round about
And round about
And round about
I go.
I think I am a Ticket Man, who’s selling tickets-please,
I think I am a Doctor who is visiting a Sneeze;
Perhaps I’m just a Nanny who is walking with a pram.
I’m feeling rather funny and I don’t know what I am—
BUT
Round about
And round about
And round about I go—
All round the table
The table in the nursery—
34Round about
And round about
And round about I go:
I think I am a Puppy, so I’m hanging out my tongue:
I think I am a Camel Who
Is looking for a Camel Who
Is looking for a Camel who is Looking for its Young....
SO
Round about
And round about
And round about and round about
And round about
And round about
I go.
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