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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEAD EASY, by J. BARR First Line: When bill shakes hands with all the mob Last Line: "I'm stopping at the pub!" Subject(s): Bars & Bartenders; Drinks & Drinking; Pubs; Taverns; Saloons; Wine | |||
WHEN Bill shakes hands with all the mob At Chance-it, on the Yarrangob, You've got to understand That Bill is bound for Sydney-side To cut his cheque out good and wide In style to beat the band, For Bill has not been there before; In fact, I must say, furthermore, He has not further sped Than once or twice to Down-and-Out To slake a predatory drought And paint that small place red. "Well, so long, Bill," the boys once more Shout after him in hearty roar, And Bill he waved his dook. When Ginger King ran up the hill, And yelled, "I say, there, hold on, Bill; I wanter ask yerlook, When you get down to Sydney-side Where do you reckon to reside? Where will you bunk and grub?" "Gorstruth," says Bill, "you oughter know! When I get inter townWhat-o! I'm stopping at the pub!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CUP OF TREMBLINGS by JOHN HOLLANDER VINTAGE ABSENCE by JOHN HOLLANDER SENT WITH A BOTTLE OF BURGUNDY FOR A BIRTHDAY by JOHN HOLLANDER TO A CIVIL SERVANT by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG WINE by FRIEDRICH MARTIN VON BODENSTEDT THE GOOD FELLOW by ALEXANDER BROME WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 24 by JAMES JOYCE I PAY MY DEBT FOR LAFAYETTE AND ROCHAMBEAU' by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |
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