Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DA QUEENA BEE, by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY


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DA QUEENA BEE, by                    
First Line: Meester, eef you nevva see
Last Line: Evra wan hersal' a queen!
Alternate Author Name(s): Daly, T. A.
Subject(s): Babies; Bees; Insects; Infants; Beekeeping; Bugs


MEESTER, eef you nevva see
Housa full weeth busy bee,
Leetla workers an' deir queen,
I would like for takin' you
Where I eentroduce you to
Giacobini's Pasqualin'.

She ees weedow, Pasqualin';
W'en dees fallow Giacobin'
Dies an' leaves her lasta fall,
He ain't leave mooch else at all;
Justa leetla baker-store
An' seex babies -- notheeng more!
All are girls, dese babies, too;
W'at da deuce she gona do?

Wait, my frand, an' you weell know,
An' I bat you you could go
Manny mile bayfore you see
Soocha house for eendustry.
W'en her husband up an' die
She ain't got no time to cry;

She must work an' nevva stop.
Dere's da babies, dere's da shop,
An' da house dey're leevin' een;
She mus' keep dem fine an' clean --
An' da babies happy, too.
W'at da deuce she gona do?
Som' day I weell show to you;
Som' day you mus' go an' see
How dey play at "Busy Bee."

Com', su'pose eet ees da day
W'en at cleanin' house dey play:
Evra leetla girl weell stan'
Weeth her leetla brush een han',
Leetla bucket, leetla broom,
For to scrub an' sweep da room.
Den weell say dees Pasqualin':
"Leetla bees, I am your queen,
W'en I geeve da word baygeen;
Work an' seeng an' follow me,
Work an' seeng an' lat me see
Who can be da besta bee!"

Den dey laugh an' seeng an' go
Makin' joy weeth labor so
Eet ees done bayfore dey know.
So een all theengs, day by day,
Makin' work so lika play,
Pasqualina found da way!

Com', den, som' day we weell go,
An' you weell be proud to know
Giacobini's Pasqualin';
An' dose leetla busy bee
W'en dey grow up, you weell see,
Evra wan hersal' a queen!





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