Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JEANNE PHYLLIS, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS


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JEANNE PHYLLIS, by                    
First Line: Fill us full of canned goods
Last Line: And made us holler so?
Subject(s): Boats; Children; Sea; Travel; Childhood; Ocean; Journeys; Trips


Fill us full of canned goods,
Fill us full of ham,
Fill us full of applesauce,
Fill us full of jam;
We await the Pickle Boat,
On the dock we stand
With our mouths awaterin',
Pennies in our hand.
When we heard the whistle blow,
Down the stairs we ran;
Phyllis eats 'most anything—
Hurry, hurry, Man!

Fill us with banana oil,
Milk from out the can,
Fill us full of chewin' gum,
Take our pennies, Man;
Give us sumthin' awful sweet
For an achin' tooth;
And for Dudley's stummik's sake
One more Baby Ruth.
Till our mothers pump us out,
Who will ever know
What gave us the stummik ache
And made us holler so?





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