HANK SPINK, he said -- er Bob did, his brother -- 'At he hit a man once for somepin or other, An' after he hit 'im -- I got this from Bob -- He simply went right out an' give up his job; Not Hank er Bob, But the feller 'at got hit Give up his job. See? He said 'at the wind, er the force of his blow, Er somepin like that, somehow -- I don't know Just now what it was -- I got it from Bob, 'At he got a good swat; not Hank er Bob, By a long shot, But the feller 'at got hit Got a good swat. See? He said he'd be blamed, 'at the didn't know How he came to strike such an all-fired blow, 'Cept he guarded his right an' threw the hull heft Of his weight an' his science, an' hit with his left; That lost 'im his job; not Hank er Bob, But the feller 'at got hit, Lost him his job. See? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TAMERLANE (4) by EDGAR ALLAN POE ODES: BOOK 2: ODE 6. TO WILLIAM HALL, ESQ., WITH THE WORKS OF CHAULIEU by MARK AKENSIDE THE UNFORGIVEN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE ART OF PRESERVING HEALTH: BOOK 2. THE GASTRIC MUSE by JOHN ARMSTRONG THE OLD CAMP; WRITTEN IN A ROMAN FORTIFICATION IN BAVARIA by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN PSALM 83 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE LINES WRITTEN BENEATH A PICTURE by GEORGE GORDON BYRON TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. THE WORD DEMOCRACY by EDWARD CARPENTER |