There was a rascal, in the town where I came from;
The people thought that he was dumb,
Because he couldn't do a sum.
That's why they nicknamed him, "Huckleberry Finn;"
But he believed in fun, Laughed at ev'ry one;
How I wish I were him.

Huckleberry Finn, If I were Huckleberry Finn;
I'd do the things he did, I'd be a kid again.
You'd always find me out fish-in', beside a shady pool;
Wishin' there never was a school;

If I were only Hucklebe-ry Finn, In ev'ry mischief I'd be in;
And on my freckled face you'd always find a grin.
I wouldn't put my shoes or stock-ings on for any man;
And all I'd ever wear would be a coat of tan;
If I were Huckleberry Finn.

They tried to teach him how to do arithmatic;
But he just whittled on a stick,
And said the figures made him sick.
"Addin' and countin' don't mean a thing to me;
When I begin to earn, Then I'll start to learn,
How to count it," said he.