Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OL' CLOTHES, by ANONYMOUS


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OL' CLOTHES, by                    
First Line: The junk man passed the house today
Last Line: Ol' woes!
Subject(s): Begging & Beggars


The Junk Man passed the house today
And gave his call in his plaintive way,
"Ol' clothes!
Ol' clothes!
Ol' Clothes!
Any ol' clothes to throw away?
Any ol' dishes. . . any ol' plates,
Any ol' pants or hats or skates,
Any ol' kettles or pots or pans,
Any ol' bottles or ol' tin cans,
Any ol' dresses or any ol' shoes,
Any ol' things that you can't use?
Ol' clothes!
Ol' clothes!
Ol' clothes!"

I searched the house and made a heap
Of things that I didn't need to keep,
Outworn garments and out-read books,
Clothes that had hung on rusty hooks
For the dust to grime and the moths to chew.
And thus the old made way for the new.
I thought, as the old man went his way,
How grand it would be if every day
The Junk Man passed the house to say,
"Ol' woes
Ol' woes
Ol' woes

Any ol' woes to throw away?
Any ol' grudges. . . any ol' hates,
Any ol' miseries or sad ol' dates,
Any ol' sorrows or any ol' spites,
Any ol' fusses or feuds or fights,
Any ol' sighs or any ol' tears,
Any ol' wishing for yesteryears,
Any ol' quarrels or any ol' frets,
Any ol' tears or ol' regrets?
Ol' woes!
Ol' woes!
Ol' woes!"





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