LAS' night you hear da op'ra? Eef you was uppa stair An' eef you know Moralli You mebbe saw heem dere. Moralli? He's a barber, But verra bright an' smart, An' crazy for da op'ra; He knows dem all by heart. He's alla tima wheestlin', An' often you can find Jus' from da tune he wheestles W'at thoughts ees een hees mind. Eef you would ask a question, Da answer you would gat Ees notheeng but som' music -- Ha! w'at you theenk of dat? Las' week hees wife, Lucia -- Fine woman, too, is she -- She gave to heem som' babies, Not only wan, but three! Eef to your shop som' neighbors Should breeng sooch news to you Eet sure would jus' excite you To say a word or two; But deesa Joe Moralli, Dees music-crazy loon, He never stopped hees wheestlin' -- But justa changed hees tune. Dees answer from hees music Was all dat dey could gat: "Trio from 'Trovatore.'" Ha! w'at you theenk of dat? He nevva stopped hees wheestlin' Dat "Trovatore" tune, Not even w'en he's dreenkin' Weeth frands een da saloon. He wheestled eet dat evenin' W'en home he went to see Hees granda wife, Lucia, An' leetla babies three. But w'en he stood bayfore dem He was so full weeth dreenk, He looked upon dose babies An' wheestle -- W'at you theenk? O! den da tune he wheestled Was -- how-you-call-eet? -- "pat:" "Sextetta from Lucia." Ha! w'at you theenk of dat? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SLAVE TRADE: VIEW FROM THE MIDDLE PASSAGE by CLARENCE MAJOR THE DEFILED SANCTUARY by WILLIAM BLAKE THE BIGLOW PAPERS: 3. WHAT MR. ROBINSON THINKS by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL AFTER THE BATTLE (OF AUGHRIM) by THOMAS MOORE THE INCENSE BURNER by ABUS SALT ON SENESIS' MUMMY by LEONIE ADAMS THE MORAL FABLES: THE FOX, THE WOLF, AND THE HUSBANDMAN by AESOP ODES: BOOK 1: ODE 14. TO THE HON. CHARLES TOWNSHEND - FROM THE COUNTRY by MARK AKENSIDE |