As I was going up the hill, I met with Jack the piper; And all the tune that he could play Was, 'Tie up your petticoats tighter'. I tied them once, I tied them twice, I tied them three times over; And all the song that he could sing Was, 'Carry me safe to Dover'. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO OUR MOCKING-BIRD; DIED OF A CAT, MAY, 1878 by SIDNEY LANIER DOMESDAY BOOK: THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS TO A LADY WHO HAD OFFERED HIM A WREATH OF LAUREL by GEORGE SANTAYANA REPORT OF AN ADJUDGED CASE, NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY BOOKS by WILLIAM COWPER PSALM OF THOSE WHO GO FORTH BEFORE DAYLIGHT by CARL SANDBURG THE RUNAWAY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES TO ONE IN A HOSTILE CAMP by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT LOVE POEMS: 2. ON A LADY'S YELLOW HAIR, POWDERED WITH WHITE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |