A goblin lives in our house all the year round.

From my mother's papers.  Probably copied out sometime in the late 1930s or early 1940s as it appears to be a handwriting exercise.  My mother's copy is unattributed but it was written by Rose Fyleman. 

The Goblin

by Rose Fyleman

A goblin lives in our house, in our house, in our house,

A goblin lives in our house all the year round.

He bumps

And he jumps

And he thumps

And he stumps.

He knocks

And he rocks

And he rattles at the locks.

A goblin lives in our house, in our house, in our house,

A goblin lives in our house all the year round.