Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE THREE JOLLY HUNTERS, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O there were three jolly hunters Last Line: Looky there! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Animals; Dogs; Hunting; Hunters | ||||||||
O THERE were three jolly hunters; And a-hunting they did go, With a spaniel-dog, and a pointer-dog, And a setter-dog also. Looky there! And they hunted and they hal-looed; And the first thing they did find Was a dingling-dangling hornet's-nest A-swinging in the wind. Looky there! And the first one said -- "What is it?" Said the next, "We'll punch and see": And the next one said, a mile from there, "I wish we'd let it be!" Looky there! And they hunted and they hal-looed; And the next thing they did raise Was a bobbin' bunny cottontail That vanished from their gaze. Looky there! One said it was a hot baseball, Zipped through the brambly thatch, But the others said 'twas a note by post, Or a telegraph-despatch. Looky there! So they hunted and they hal-looed; And the next thing they did sight Was a great big bulldog chasing them, And a farmer, hollerin' "Skite!" Looky there! And the first one said, "Hi-jinktum!" And the next, "Hi-jinktum-jee!" And the last one said, "Them very words Had just occurred to me!" Looky there! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LAMENT OF QUARRY by LEONIE ADAMS KILLDEER by KENNETH SLADE ALLING THE YOUNG FOWLER THAT MISTOOK HIS GAME by PHILIP AYRES A POEM ABOUT THE HOUNDS AND THE HARES by LISEL MUELLER A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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