I GOTTA lov' for Angela, I lov' Carlotta, too. I no can marry both o' dem, So w'at I gona do? O! Angela ees pretta girl, She gotta hair so black, so curl, An' teeth so white as anytheeng. An' O! she gotta voice to seeng, Dat mak' your hearta feel eet must Jump up an' dance or eet weell bust. An' alla time she seeng, her eyes Dey smila like Italia's skies, An' makin' flirtin' looks at you -- But dat ees all w'at she can do. Carlotta ees no gotta song, But she ees twice so big an' strong As Angela, an' she no look So beautiful -- but she can cook. You oughta see her carry wood! I tal you w'at, eet do you good. When she ees be som'body's wife She worka hard, you bat my life! She never gattin' tired, too -- But dat ees all w'at she can do. O! my! I weesh dat Angela Was strong for carry wood, Or else Carlotta gotta song An' looka pretta good. I gotta lov' for Angela. I lov' Carlotta, too. I no can marry both o' dem, So w'at I gona do? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE AIM WAS SONG by ROBERT FROST AN ARCTIC VISION [JUNE 20, 1867] by FRANCIS BRET HARTE TO LUCASTA, [ON] GOING BEYOND THE SEAS by RICHARD LOVELACE PSALM 114 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE A MIRACLE by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR |