IRY an' Billy an' Jo! -- Iry an' Billy's @3the boys,@1 An' @3Jo's@1 their @3dog,@1 you know, -- Their pictur's took all in a row. Bet they kin kick up a noise -- Iry an' Billy, the boys, An' that-air little dog Jo! @3Iry's@1 the one 'at stands Up there a-lookin' so mild An' meek -- with his hat in his hands, Like such a @3'bediant@1 child -- (@3Sakes-alive!@1) -- An' @3Billy@1 he sets In the cheer an' holds on to Jo an' @3sweats@1 Hisse'f, a-lookin' so good! Ho-ho! Iry an' Billy an' Jo! Yit the way them boys, you know, Usen to jes' turn in An' fight over that dog Jo Wuz a burnin'-shame-an'-a-sin! -- Iry @3he'd@1 argy 'at, by gee-whizz! That-air little Jo-dog wuz @3his!@1 -- An' Billy @3he'd@1 claim it wuzn't so -- 'Cause the dog wuz @3hisn!@1 -- An' at it they'd go, Nip-an'-tugg, tooth-an'-toe-nail, you know -- Iry an' Billy an' Jo! But their Pa -- (He wuz the marshal then) -- He 'tended-like 'at he @3jerked 'em up;@1 An' got a jury o' Brick-yard men An' helt @3a trial@1 about the pup: An' @3he@1 says @3he@1 jes' like to 'a' died When the rest o' us town-boys @3testified@1 -- Regardin', you know, Iry an' Billy an' Jo. -- 'Cause we all knowed, when @3the Gipsies@1 they Camped down here by the crick last Fall, They brung Jo with 'em, 'an' give him away To Iry an' Billy fer nothin' at all! -- So the jury fetched in the @3verdick@1 so Jo he ain't @3neether@1 o' theirn fer @3shore@1 -- He's @3both@1 their dog, an' jes' no more! An' so They've quit quarrelin' long ago, Iry an' Billy an' Jo. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BRITISH CHURCH by GEORGE HERBERT DIRGE FOR THE LATE JAMES CURRIE, M.D., OF LIVERPOOL by LUCY AIKEN A TRIBUTE TO WILL ROGERS AND WILEY POST by ROSETTA THORSON BEACHLER PSALM 117 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE RHOECUS by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN THE SILENCE IN THE CHURCH by ADA CAMBRIDGE THE CRIMSON TREE by ELSIE J. COSLER CAMPBELL |