For my daughter - with original lyrics slightly changed

Yesterday upon the stair



Time and again upon the stair,

 She met a man who wasn't there.

 He wasn't there day after day,

 And she just wished he'd go away.

Coming home to prepare food,

 He wasn't there and in a mood.

 Then when she looked around the hall,

 She couldn't see him there at all!

Last night she sat upon the stair

And found the man no longer there.

He wasn't there again today

I am so glad he's gone away.

Apologies to William Hughes Mearns and Antagonish.