JOE BARATTA'S Giuseppina She's so cute as she can be; Justa com' here from Messina, Weeth da resta family. Joe had money in da banka -- He been savin' for a year -- An' he breeng hees wife, Bianca, An' da three small children here. First ees baby, Catarina, Nexta Paolo (w'at you call Een da Inglaice langwadge "Paul"), An' da smartest wan of all -- Giuseppina! Giuseppina justa seven, But so smart as she can be; Wida-wake at night-time even, Dere's so mooch dat's strange to see. W'at you theenk ees mos' surprise her? No; ees not da buildin's tall; Eef, my frand, you would be wisa You mus' theenk of som'theeng small. Eet's an ant! W'en first she seena Wan o' dem upon da ground, How she laughed an' danced around: "O! 'Formica,' he has found Giuseppina!" "O!" she cried to heem, "Formica" (Dat's Italian name for heem), "How you gatta here so queecka? For I know you no can sweem; An' you was not on da sheepa, For I deed not see you dere. How you evva mak' da treepa? Only birds can fly een air. How you gat here from Messina? O! at las' I ondrastand! You have dugga through da land Jus' to find your leetla frand, Giuseppina!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BIANCA AMONG THE NIGHTINGALES by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING EILEEN AROON by GERALD JOSEPH GRIFFIN THE LOW-BACKED CAR by SAMUEL LOVER PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 1ST SERIES: 8 by EDWARD TAYLOR SONNET: ENGLAND by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |