"I would not be a girl," said Jack,
"Because they have no fun;
They cannot go a-fishing, nor
A-shooting with a gun;
They cannot climb up trees for fruit,
Nor bathe without a bathing dress,
Which is no fun at all."
"I would not be a boy," said May,
"For boys are nasty things,
With pockets filled with hooks and knives,
And nails, and tops and strings
And when a boy becomes a man,
He's got to buy girls rings;"