Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, S'POSIN', by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING


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First Line: What if the new san francisco should sail
Last Line: Say -- what in the deuce would we do?
Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben
Subject(s): Holy Ghost; Holy Spirit


WHAT if the new San Francisco should sail
To Chilian waters away,
With the Boston and Yorktown afar in the east,
'Nd the Lancaster off in Bombay;
'Nd the big Philadelphia -- s'posin' she wuz
A-loadin' with tea in Japan,
With the Concord and Bennington flyin' so gay
Their colors around Hindostan;
'Nd s'posin' the Charleston wuz in Bering Sea,
With the Newark in Pamlico Sound,
'Nd the Miantonomah's big bilers should bust,
'Nd the Baltimore run hard aground;
Then s'posin' we got in a fight right away
With Chili or even Peru,
'Nd England should work the shell game on New York,
Say -- what in the deuce would we do?





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