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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOLDIE GOODWIN, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: My old uncle sidney he says it's a sign
Last Line: "good's 'bout 'leventy-hunnerd times better than gold!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Children; Good; Uncles; Childhood
First Line: My old uncle sidney he says it's a sign
Last Line: "good's 'bout 'leventy-hunnerd times better than gold!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Children; Good; Uncles; Childhood
MY old Uncle Sidney he says it's a sign
All over the Worl', an' ten times out of nine,
He can tell by the name of a child ef the same
Is a good er bad youngun -- ist knows by their name! --
So he says, "It's the vurry best sign in the Worl'
That Goldie Goodwin is a good little girl," --
An' says, "First she's gold -- then she's good -- an' behold,
Good's 'bout 'leventy-hunnerd times better than gold!"
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