The peppery man

The peppery man was cross and thin
He scolded out and scolded in
He shook his fist, his hair he tore
He stamped his feet and slammed the door.

Heigh ho, the peppery man,
The rabid, crabbed peppery man!
Oh, never since the world began
Was any one like the peppery man.

His ugly temper was so sour
He often scolded for an hour
He gnashed his teeth and stormed and scowled,
He snapped and snarled and yelled and howled.

He wore a fierce and savage frown
He scolded up and scolded down
He scolded over field and glen,
And then he scolded back again.

His neighbors, when they heard his roars,
Closed their blinds and locked their doors,
Shut their windows, sought their beds,
Stopped their ears and covered their heads.

He fretted, chaffed, and boiled and fumed
With fiery rage he was consumed,
And no one knew, when he was vexed,
What in the world would happen next.

Heigh ho, the peppery man,
The rabid, crabbed peppery man!
Oh, never since the world began
Was any one like the peppery man.