What is -- "Paradise" --

What is -- "Paradise" --
Who live there --
Are they "Farmers" --
Do they "hoe" --
Do they know that this is "Amherst" --
And that I -- am coming -- too --

Do they wear "new shoes" -- in "Eden" --
Is it always pleasant -- there --
they scold us -- when we're homesick[^a1]hungry --
Or tell God -- how cross we are --

[^a1: homesick | homesick]

You are sure there's such a person
As "a Father" -- in the sky --
So if I get lost -- there -- ever --
Or do what the Nurse calls "die" --
I shant walk the "Jasper" -- barefoot
Ransomed folks -- wont laugh at me --
Maybe -- "Eden" a'nt so lonesome
As New England used to be!