Who Is This Man?

Who is this man?
Who has designed this uncommon plan?
To educate Jerusha
However best he can

How can this be?
Who would take on this uncertainty?
To educate Jerusha
Who in heaven's name is he?

I guess I'll never know him
I guess I'll never even learn his name
These are his orders
This is his game

I guess I'll never know him
You mustn't know your betters!
But he will know me in letters

So though I might
Thank him twice each and every night
He will never answer
No, Mr Smith will never write

I guess I'll never know him
Though I am rather curious to see
What kind of man would educate me

I guess I'll never know him
You mustn't know your betters!
But he will know me in letters