Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BASHFUL JOHNNY, by GEORGE G. GILLETTE


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BASHFUL JOHNNY, by                    
First Line: Young bashful johnny loved sweet may
Last Line: I would have kissed her -- now wouldn't you?
Subject(s): Bashfulness; Shyness


YOUNG bashful Johnny loved sweet May,
And went to court her every day,
But his tongue could never swear
He loved her true.
It seems to me, had I been there,
I'd vowed my love -- now wouldn't you?

Sweet May would sit by Johnny's side
And all her thoughts to him confide,
Yet take her hand he'd never dare --
So near his, too.
It seems to me, had I been there,
I'd clasped it tight -- now wouldn't you?

And May's red lips seemed to invite
Sweet kisses, but so bold a flight
He thought -- yet wondered if she'd care --
Would never do.
It seems to me, had I been there,
I would have kissed her -- now wouldn't you?





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