A comical lass I went to woo, She had a good face and a fortune too; She had but one eye, one arm, one leg, -- And a monstrous handsome wooden peg. She'd one golden guinea, one silver crown, One hat, one cap, one cloak, one gown, One table, one chair, one three-legged stool, One basin for holding of gooseberry-fool. One kettle she had without a spout, One saucepan with the bottom out, One knife, fork, spoon, one dish, one plate, One ladle with which she broke my pate. She consented to wed, when I found that she had One trifling failing, a memory bad; For one little husband she had so stout, Who came in and politely kicked me out. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...REPORT ON EXPERIENCE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE DOG by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES LITTLE BELL by THOMAS WESTWOOD THE TENT ON THE BEACH: 11. ABRAHAM DAVENPORT by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE ONE WHITE ROSE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH PEBBLES by KENNETH SLADE ALLING VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN IN A BURIAL-GROUND .. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS by BERNARD BARTON |