EEF som'body com' to-day To dees fruita-stan' an' say: "Wa't? Banana two for fi'? Seems to me dat's verra high!" I would look up een da sky Where da sun ees shine so bright, An' da clouds so sof' an' white Sail like boats I use' to see Een da bay at Napoli; An' so softa theeng I am, I would notta care a dam Eef da customer should be Sly enough for taka three! Eef like dat you com' to-day Mebbe so I justa say: "See da Tony McAroni! He ees verra lazy thing, W'at da deuce he care for money? Here ees com' da spreeng!" Eef to-day I had a wife An' she say: "My love! my life! I mus' have fi'-dollar note For da new spreeng hat an' coat," Theenk I gona grab her throat, Bang her head agains' da wall? Eh! To-day? Oh, not at all! She would look so pretta dere Weeth da sunshine on her hair, I would look at her, an' den I would tal her: "Taka ten!" Eef I had a wife to-day I am sure dat I would say: "All right, Mrs. McAroni, I am verra softa theeng. W'at de deuce I care for money? Here ees com' da spreeng!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CINQUAIN: SUSANNA AND THE ELDERS by ADELAIDE CRAPSEY SUMMER'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT: SPRING by THOMAS NASHE THE TAXI by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE LIVING BOOK by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES THE INDIAMAN by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN A HYMN ON THE DIVINE OMNIPRESENCE by JOHN BYROM OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY: 3 by THOMAS CAMPION |