I wish I had not got a cold, br The wind is big and wild, br I wish that I was very old, br Not just a little child. br br Somehow the day is very long br Just keeping here, alone; br I do not like the big wind's song, br He's growling for a bone br br He's like an awful dog we had br Who used to creep around br And snatch at things--he was so bad, br With just that horrid sound. br br I'm sitting up and nurse has made br Me wear a woolly shawl; br I wish I was not so afraid; br It's horrid to be small. br br It really feels quite like a day br Since I have had my tea; br P'raps everybody's gone away br And just forgotten me. br br And oh! I cannot go to sleep br Although I am in bed. br The wind keeps going creepy-creep br And waiting to be fed.