Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GEE AND HAW, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH


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First Line: A fellah had a pair of mules
Last Line: And that's good sense and that's good law.
Subject(s): Asses & Mules


A fellah had a pair of mules
That knew no laws and knew no rules
But geed for haw and hawed for gee
And went contrary gener'ly,
The durnedest mules you ever see.

If both had geed when it was haw,
While that ain't just exactly law,
It might of worked out purty good,
If once the thing was understood
And they done what you thought they would.

But not these two. If old July,
When you yelled "gee!" to gee would try,
Then January, t'other one,
Observin' what July had done,
Would start to hawin' on the run.

So gee for haw and haw for gee,
But never simultan'ously,
They went through life, and kicked more dirt
And done less work and done more hurt
Than two hyenies, I assert.

And I've seen folks just like them mules:
Got hitched, but never read the rules,
Who didn't know you had to wear
The marriage collar fair and square
And pull together ev'rywhere.

One can't have haw and one have gee:
On gee or haw you must agree
And then go forward, gee or haw,
Accordin'ly, without no jaw --
And that's good sense and that's good law.





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