'Twas Jack the shrewd an' Mike the tall With bashful Tim an' Barney, That Easter morning came to call On little Dinah Carney. Sure, each was there with hat in hand, The lovely girl inviting To walk with him, ye understand. They nearly fell to fighting! Till Dinah says to them, "I beg The day ye'll not be spoiling! I'll hand ye each an Easter egg -- They've been the hour a-boiling. "Ye'll roll yer eggs the best ye can; An' by the selfsame token, I'll walk with that young gentleman That keeps his egg unbroken." How any lass on every lad Can put her sweet comether! With all the wit an' craft they had They rolled their eggs together. But Mike's went broke, an' broke was Jack's, That thought himself so clever, While Barney's egg had twenty cracks, But Tim's was whole as ever. An' so, ye mind, 'twas bashful Tim That went to walk with Dinah, Because the egg she gave to him Was all of solid china! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: A DRIFTER OFF TARENTUM by RUDYARD KIPLING SONG, FR. MEASURE FOR MEASURE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A DAY: AN EPISTLE TO JOHN WILKES, OF AYLESBURY, ESQ. by JOHN ARMSTRONG EUMARES by ASCLEPIADES OF SAMOS |