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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE THREE FLAPPERS, by FAIRFAX DOWNEY
First Line: Three little flappers in near-silver foxes
Last Line: And rolled down their stockings till they looked like soxes.
Subject(s): Clothing & Dress; Women
First Line: Three little flappers in near-silver foxes
Last Line: And rolled down their stockings till they looked like soxes.
Subject(s): Clothing & Dress; Women
Three little flappers in near-silver foxes
Rolled down their stockings till they looked like soxes.
They all had powder puffs to powder noses
And they kept their powder puffs in near-jade boxes.
They lived in an apartment house in three little flatses
And walked up the stairs so they wouldn't get fatses.
They cut the hair close on their little round headses,
And all wore the same kind of little felt hatses.
They did their shopping at the sales of shopses,
And got across the street by the aid of copses.
They all got crushed in the subway jamses
And lunched on spaghetti that is served by wopses.
They watched the movies through their six big eyeses.
Both films of romance and of custard pieses.
They laughed and they sighed and they got the giggles
And after the sad parts they had three good crieses.
Thus lived the flappers in their near-silver foxes,
Who all kept their powder puffs in near-jade boxes.
They lived in an apartment house in three little flatses,
And all wore the same kind of little felt hatses,
And rolled down their stockings till they looked like soxes.
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