A poet I am, says I, says I-
I'll take you a word and twist it around
And fill it with so much glee!

A poet I am, says I, says I-
I'll take all your love - I'll take all your sorrow and rhyme it around for thee!
I'll dance on your graves and throw you red roses and rhyme all your troubles away!
For love for thou and love for thee - it's all a part of me!

Oh, you say, you are a poet - a poet, a poet just like me?
Oh, no I say - for I am me and you are thee
You can never be a poet like me!

A poet I am, says me, says me-
A poet I am - Tra Lee!