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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CARTER, by WILLIAM BARNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O, I be a carter wi' my whip Last Line: The heavy lwoad do slowly ride. Subject(s): Farm Life; Labor & Laborers; Trucks & Trucking; Wagons; Agriculture; Farmers; Work; Workers; Teamsters; Truckers; Freight | |||
O, I be a carter, wi' my whip A-smackèn loud, as by my zide, Up over hill, an' down the dip, The heavy lwoad do slowly ride. An' I do haul in all the crops, An' I do bring in vuzz vrom down; An' I do goo vor wood to copse, An' car the corn an' straw to town. An' I do goo vor lime, an' bring Hwome cider wi' my sleek-heäir'd team, An' smack my limber whip an' zing, While all their bells do gaily cheeme. An' I do always know the pleäce To gi'e the hosses breath, or drug; An' ev'ry hoss do know my feäce, An' mind my 'mether ho! an' whug! An' merry haÿ-meäkers do ride Vrom vield in zummer wi' their prongs, In my blue waggon, zide by zide Upon the reäves, a-zingèn zongs. An' when the vrost do catch the stream, An' oves wi' icicles be hung, My pantèn hosses' breath do steam In white-grass'd vields, a-haulèn dung. An' mine's the waggon fit vor lwoads, An' mine be lwoads to cut a rout; An' mine's a team, in routy rwoads, To pull a lwoaded waggon out. A zull is nothèn when do come Behind their lags; an' they do teäke A roller as they would a drum, An' harrow as they would a reäke. O! I be a carter, wi' my whip A-smackèn loud, as by my zide, Up over hill, an' down the dip, The heavy lwoad do slowly ride. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TEAMSTER by MATHILDE BLIND A TRUCKER BREAKS DOWN by DAVID BOTTOMS A TRUCKER DRIVES THROUGH HIS LOST YOUTH by DAVID BOTTOMS JOSEPH'S REFORM (A TALE OF THE HOT DOG TAVERN) by BERTON BRALEY MCCARTHY'S BREW: A GULF COUNTRY YARN by GEORGE ESSEX EVANS THE TRUCK DRIVER by EDITH HARRIET JONES THE LIGHTS OF COBB AND CO. by HENRY HERTZBERG LAWSON A WINTER NIGHT by WILLIAM BARNES |
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