The peppery man was cross and thin
He scolded out and scolded in
He shook his fist, his hair he tore
He stamped his feet and slammed the door

Heigh ho, the peppery man
The rabid, crabbed peppery man!
Oh, never since the world began
Was any one like the peppery man

His ugly temper was so sour
He often scolded for an hour
He gnashed his teeth and stormed and scowled
He snapped and snarled and yelled and howled

He wore a fierce and savage frown
He scolded up and scolded down
He scolded over field and glen
And then he scolded back again

His neighbors, when they heard his roars
Closed their blinds and locked their doors
Shut their windows, sought their beds
Stopped their ears and covered their heads

He fretted, chaffed, and boiled and fumed
With fiery rage he was consumed
And no one knew, when he was vexed
What in the world would happen next

Heigh ho, the peppery man
The rabid, crabbed peppery man!
Oh, never since the world began
Was any one like the peppery man