Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HE'D HAD NO SHOW, by SAM WALTER FOSS


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First Line: Joe beall 'ud set upon a keg
Last Line: Jest laffed, an' laffed, an' laffed, an' laffed.


JOE BEALL 'ud set upon a keg
Down to the groc'ry store, an' throw
One leg right over t'other leg
An' swear he'd never had no show,
"O, no," said Joe,
"Hain't hed no show,"
Then shift his quid to t'other jaw,
An' chaw, an' chaw, an' chaw, an' chaw.

He said he got no start in life,
Didn't get no money from his dad,
The washin' took in by his wife
Earned all the funds he ever had.
"O, no," said Joe,
"Hain't hed no show,"
An' then he'd look up at the clock
An' talk, an' talk, an' talk, an' talk.

"I've waited twenty year -- let's see --
Yes, twenty-four, an' never struck,
Altho, I've sot roun' patiently,
The fust tarnation streak er luck.
O, no," said Joe
"Hain't hed no show,"
Then stuck like mucilage to the spot,
An' sot, an' sot, an' sot an' sot.

"I've come down regerlar every day
For twenty years to Piper's store.
I've sot here in a patient way,
Say, hain't I, Piper?" Piper swore.
"I tell ye, Joe,
Yer hain't no show;
Yer too dern patient" -- ther hull raft
Jest laffed, an' laffed, an' laffed, an' laffed.




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