Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE EGG-ROLLING, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN


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First Line: Twas jack the shrewd an' mike the tall
Last Line: Was all of solid china!
Subject(s): Love - Beginnings


'Twas Jack the shrewd an' Mike the tall
With bashful Tim an' Barney,
That Easter morning came to call
On little Dinah Carney.

Sure, each was there with hat in hand,
The lovely girl inviting
To walk with him, ye understand.
They nearly fell to fighting!

Till Dinah says to them, "I beg
The day ye'll not be spoiling!
I'll hand ye each an Easter egg --
They've been the hour a-boiling.

"Ye'll roll yer eggs the best ye can;
An' by the selfsame token,
I'll walk with that young gentleman
That keeps his egg unbroken."

How any lass on every lad
Can put her sweet comether!
With all the wit an' craft they had
They rolled their eggs together.

But Mike's went broke, an' broke was Jack's,
That thought himself so clever,
While Barney's egg had twenty cracks,
But Tim's was whole as ever.

An' so, ye mind, 'twas bashful Tim
That went to walk with Dinah,
Because the egg she gave to him
Was all of solid china!





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