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PLOUGHING ON SUNDAY by WALLACE STEVENS

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First Line: THE WHITE COCK'S TAIL
Last Line: The wind pours down
Subject(s): PLOWING & PLOWMEN; SABBATH; SUNDAY;

The white cock's tail
The white cock's tail
Tosses in the wind.
Tosses in the wind.
The turkey-cock's tail
The turkey-cock's tail
Glitters in the sun.
Glitters in the sun.

Water in the fields.
Water in the fields.
The wind pours down.
The wind pours down.
The feathers flare
The feathers flare
And bluster in the wind.
And bluster in the wind.
Remus, blow your horn !

I'm ploughing on Sunday,
Remus, blow your horn!
Ploughing North America.
I'm ploughing on Sunday,
Blow your horn!
Ploughing North America.
Tum-ti-tum,
Blow your horn!
Ti-tum-tum-tum !

The turkey-cock's tail
Tum-ti-tum,
Spreads to the sun.
Ti-tum-tum-tum!
The white cock's tail
The turkey-cock's tail
Streams to the moon.
Spreads to the sun.
Water in the fields.

The wind pours down.
The white cock's tail

Streams to the moon.
Water in the fields.
The wind pours down.



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