How can Happy be spelled without U?

I looked it up in the dictionary

I thought it was deceiving me

I didn’t think it could possibly be

But, how could it be true

That Happy is spelled without U

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I looked it up in the dictionary

To have a second peek

Knowing that U is truly what I seek

Yet there before me was H, A, P, P, Y

Fitting in a U… I bet they didn’t even try!

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Yet to me this spelling is absurd

U obviously belongs in this word

It makes no sense any other way

Adding it seems proper, wouldn’t you say?

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So, I really hate to mention

But just listen to this suggestion

Let the idea stew

Just add a tiny U

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So now we have Huppy

Happy with a U, you see

Makes absolute sense

At least it does to me

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I checked all the references and several different books

But Huppy was not found, no matter where I looked

So let’s write a letter

And send it off to Webster

Explaining why our cause is just

And adding U is absolutely a must

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Making Happy into Huppy is necessary you see

Without U, I can’t be a happy me!