Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOOD-BY ER HOWDY-DO, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Say good-by er howdy-do Last Line: Say good-by er howdy-do! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Farewell; Parting | ||||||||
SAY good-by er howdy-do -- What's the odds betwixt the two? Comin' -- goin', ev'ry day -- Best friends first to go away -- Grasp of hands you'd ruther hold Than their weight in solid gold Slips their grip while greetin' you. -- Say good-by er howdy-do! Howdy-do, and then, good-by -- Mixes jes' like laugh and cry; Deaths and births, and worst and best, Tangled their contrariest; Ev'ry jinglin' weddin'-bell Skeerin' up some funer'l knell. -- Here's my song, and there's your sigh. -- Howdy-do, and then, good-by! Say good-by er howdy-do -- Jes' the same to me and you; 'Taint worth while to make no fuss, 'Cause the job's put up on us! Some One's runnin' this concern That's got nothin' else to learn: Ef He's willin', we'll pull through -- Say good-by er howdy-do! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN STUDY #2 FOR B.B.L. by JUNE JORDAN WATCHING THE NEEDLEBOATS AT SAN SABBA by JAMES JOYCE SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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