I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me And what can be the use of him is more than I can see He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me And what can be the use of him is more than I can see