Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A TALE OF TOOTH, by HENRY E. HORNE First Line: Big billy bull / of bungendore Last Line: "and said, ""you crimson cows, no more!" Subject(s): Dentists | ||||||||
BIG Billy Bull Of Bungendore, He used to pull Our teeth before The railway come; And strike me dumb, And dead, Your head 'Ud fairly hum, When Billy's pincers grabbed your gum, While 'cross your chest His weight he prest And pushed your 'pendix outer plumb. But once a bloke Named Johnny Jupp Came down and broke Our blacksmith up. It turned him grey: He tried all day To lift And shift One tooth away; Until, at last, in his dismay, What does he do But ties it to The tailboards of me new spring dray. And then we got Into the cart, And at a trot We made a start; The bloke behind, He didn't mind, Becos It was Intended kind; Though, till he sorter grew resigned, He yelled, of course, To stop the horse, And cursed us black, and blue, and blind! So by the tooth, Along the dust, We dragged that youth Till something bust; And then we swore And chucked it, for There hung And swung Our tailboard, or The most of it, to Johnny's "jore" Which snapped at us With vicious cuss, And said, "You crimson cows, no more!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LAUGHING GAS: PART ! by ALLEN GINSBERG PAINS-TAKING by JOHN BANISTER TABB IN THE WAITING ROOM by ELIZABETH BISHOP MY DENTIST by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON MAKING A CHAMPION by HENRY E. HORNE |
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