'Twas within a Furlong of @3Edinborough@1 Town, In the Rosie time of year when the Grass was down; Bonny @3Jockey@1 Blith and Gay, Said to @3Jenny@1 making Hay, Let's sit a little (Dear) and prattle, 'Tis a sultry Day: He long had Courted the Black-Brow'd Maid, But @3Jockey@1 was a Wag and would ne'er consent to Wed; Which made her pish and phoo, and cry out it will not do, I cannot, cannot, cannot, wonnot, monnot Buckle too. He told her Marriage was grown a meer Joke, And that no one Wedded now, but the Scoundrel Folk; Yet my dear, thou shouldest prevail, But I know not what I ail, I shall dream of Clogs, and silly Dogs, With Bottles at their Tail; But I'll give thee Gloves, and a Bongrace to wear, And a pretty Filly-Foal, to ride out and take the Air; If thou ne'er will pish nor phoo, and cry it ne'er shall do, I cannot, cannot, @3&c.@1 That you'll give me Trinkets, cry'd she, I believe, But ah! What in return must your poor @3Jenny@1 give; When my Maiden Treasure's gone, I must gang to @3London@1 Town, And Roar, and Rant, and Patch and Paint, And Kiss for half a Crown: Each Drunken Bully oblige for Pay, And earn and hated Living in an odious Fulsom way; No, no, it ne'er shall do, for a Wife I'll be to you, Or I cannot, cannot, @3&c.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HEMLOCK by EMILY DICKINSON PARTED by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: FIDDLER JONES by EDGAR LEE MASTERS FLORAL DECORATIONS FOR BANANAS by WALLACE STEVENS NO PLEDGES by FLORA J. ARNSTEIN SECOND BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 11 by THOMAS CAMPION SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 93 by BLISS CARMAN |