The Straight and Narrow

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Stanley Earnest Hemlock Gimwood
Went to town striving to be good.
Set his clock by the tower
As the good should –
And never did he stray
From his straight and narrow way.
Each and always everyday
All he'd do is:
Teeter-totter
Teeter-totter
Teeter tot all day