Hughes Mearns Quote

As I was walking up the stair
I met a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today.
I wish, I wish he'd stay away.

lines written for The Psycho-ed, an amateur play, in Philadelphia, 1910 (set to music in 1939 as 'The Little Man Who Wasn't There')

As I was walking up the stair I met a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today. I wish, I wish he'd stay away.

As I was walking up the stair I met a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today. I wish, I wish he'd stay away.

As I was walking up the stair I met a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today. I wish, I wish he'd stay away.

As I was walking up the stair I met a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today. I wish, I wish he'd stay away.