Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ADAM AND EVE, by ELEAZAR DEXTER First Line: I'll sing, I'll sing of ancient days Last Line: For the good old days of adam and eve. | ||||||||
I'll sing, I'll sing of ancient days, Of ancient fashions and ancient ways, When people had no toils or cares, They sat on stools instead of chairs. In my young days when I was a child Folks lived in real old-fashioned style. O dear! O dear! I can't but grieve For the good old days of Adam and Eve. Railroad rides are all the go now, sir Water parties, a bridge or two, These inventions are because, sir Times ain't now as they used to was, sir, Our boys in good old Oberon read, Folks don't do now as they used to did. O dear! O dear! I can't but grieve For the good old days of Adam and Eve. The ladies once they all dressed plain, But now the girls are becoming quite vain; Their grandmas wore on their necks no laces, Wore their own hair and made their own dresses, Their little short sleeves tucked up with a button; Now they wear dashing sacque sleeves like a leg of mutton. O dear! O dear! I can't but grieve For the good old days of Adam and Eve. The young men once they acted wise In getting up early to see the lark rise; But now our Toms and Jerrys gay, They see the lark by night and not by day. They spree and revel, in all their varieties, They pay no regard to the temperance societies, O dear! O dear! I can't but grieve For the good old days of Adam and Eve. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GETTING A PURCHASE by KAREN SWENSON F. DE SAMARA TO A.G.A. by EMILY JANE BRONTE THE RIVER OF LIFE by THOMAS CAMPBELL THE SWING by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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