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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GRAN'MA AL'US DOES, by ANONYMOUS First Line: I wants to mend my wagon Last Line: Gran'ma al'us does | |||
I WANTS to mend my wagon, And has to have some nails; Just two, free will be plenty; We're goin' to haul our rails. The splendidest cob fences We're makin' ever was! I wis' you'd help us find 'em -- Gran'ma al'us does. My horse's name is "Betsey;" She jumped and broke her head, I put her in the stable And fed her milk and bread; The stable 's in the parlor, -- We didn't make no muss; I wis' you'd let it stay there -- Gran'ma al'us does. I's goin' to the cornfield To ride on Charlie's plough, I spect he'd like to have me -- I wants to go right now. Oh, won't I "gee-up" awful, And "whoa" like Charlie whoas! I wis' you wouldn't bozzer -- Gran'ma never does. I wants some bread and butter, I's hungry worstest kind; But Freddy mustn't have none -- 'Cause he wouldn't mind. Put plenty of sugar on it; I'll tell you what I knows: It's right to put on sugar -- Gran'ma al'us does. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest..."'TIS MIDNIGHT, AND THE SETTING SUN" by ANONYMOUS "'TWAS ROLLOG, AND THE MINIM POTES" by ANONYMOUS 1648 : FOR COSSACKS by ANONYMOUS A CHERRY YEAR / A MERRY YEAR by ANONYMOUS A COMET FROM THE RHYMERS' CLUB AFAR by ANONYMOUS "A FOX, A FOX, UP GALLANTS TO THE FIELDS" by ANONYMOUS A HORSE AND A FLEA AND THREE BLIND MICE by ANONYMOUS "A LAIRD, A LORD / A COOPER, A THIEF" by ANONYMOUS A LITTLE COCK SPARROW SAT ON A GREEN TREE by ANONYMOUS |
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