My tea is nearly ready, and the sun has left the sky;

It’s time to take the window to see Leerie going by;

For every night at tea-time and before you take your seat,

With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street.

Now Tom would be a driver and Maria go to sea,

And my papa’s a banker and as rich as he can be;

But I , when I am stronger and can choose what I’m to do,

O Le erie, I’ll go round at night and light the lamps with you!

For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door,

And Leerie stops to light it as he lights so many more;

And oh! before you hurry by with ladder and with light,

O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him tonight!

— Robert Louis Stevenson C/iwpRc8RQwQlGzrrStgARsD2x6yljPOkEIxtxJMRztMQtWdOTiNTF4K0+4h9zXM