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Jerico, Jerico, Round and round the walls I go Where they watch with scornful eyes, Where the captained bastions rise; Heel and toe, heel and toe, Blithely round the walls I go. Jerico, Jerico, Round and round the walls I go . . . All the golden ones of earth Regal in their lordly mirth . . . Heel and toe, heel and toe, Round and round the walls I go. Jerico, Jerico, Blithely round the walls I go, With a broken sword in hand Where the mighty bastions stand; Heel and toe, heel and toe, Hear my silly bugle blow. Heel and toe, heel and toe, Round the walls of Jerico . . . Past the haughty golden gate Where the emperor in state Smiles to see the ragged show, Round and round the towers go. Jerico, Jerico, Round and round and round I go . . . All their sworded bodies must Lie low in their tower's dust . . . Heel and toe, heel and toe, Blithely round the walls I go. Heel and toe, heel and toe, -- I will blow a thunder note From my brazen bugle's throat Till the sand and thistle know The leveled walls of Jerico, Jerico, Jerico, Jerico. . . . | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GOOD NEIGHBORS by WILLARD WATTLES HROLF'S THRALL, HIS SONG by WILLARD WATTLES HUGH, THE CARTER, TARRIES by WILLARD WATTLES ROBERT CLAYTON WESTMAN OF MASSACHUSETTS; DIED IN FRANCE, AUGUST 1919 by WILLARD WATTLES THE BUILDER by WILLARD WATTLES |
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