Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MULVANEY AND ANOTHER, by JOHN A. MOROSO


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MULVANEY AND ANOTHER, by                    
First Line: Mary ann swabbed down the stairs
Last Line: Of him who had loved mary ann.
Subject(s): Death; Soldiers; War; Dead, The


MARY ANN swabbed down the stairs
With a cold, wet rag
And a tired drag
Of the arms and feet, so tired
And a face so hot and fired
With the pent-up, burning tears.

For her beau was a soldier man;
A private, he,
In the cavalry,
Of the common name, Mulvaney,
His address it was "El Caney,
On the fighting line," it ran.

Mary Ann poured out her woe
As she swabbed the stairs
With her salty tears,
And her mistress inside
As bitterly cried
For a brave lad killed by the foe.

For her boy was a soldier man;
Whatever his name
The cause was the same,
Yes, the same as the cause of Mulvaney.
He had died by the side at El Caney
Of him who had loved Mary Ann.





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