WHEN I was young and full o' pride, A-standin' on the grass And gazin' o'er the water-side, I seen a fisher lass. "O, fisher lass, be kind awhile," I asks 'er quite unbid. "Please look into me face and smile" -- And, blow me eyes, she did! O, blow me light and blow me blow, I didn't think she'd charm me so -- But, blow me eyes, she did! She seemed so young and beautiful I @3had@1 to speak perlite, (The afternoon was long and dull, But she was short and bright). "This ain't no place," I says, "to stand -- Let's take a walk instid, Each holdin' of the other's hand" -- And, blow me eyes, she did! O, blow me light and blow me blow, I sort o' thunk she wouldn't go -- But, blow me eyes, she did! And as we walked along a lane With no one else to see, Me heart was filled with sudden pain, And so I says to she: "If you would have me actions speak The words what can't be hid, You'd sort o' let me kiss yer cheek" -- And, blow me eyes, she did! O, blow me light and blow me blow, How sweet she was I didn't know -- But, blow me eyes, @3she@1 did! But pretty soon me shipmate Jim Came strollin' down the beach, And she began a-oglin' him As pretty as a peach. "O, fickle maid o' false intent," Impulsively I chid, "Why don't you go and wed that gent?" And, blow me eyes, she did! O, blow me light and blow me blow, I didn't think she'd treat me so -- But, blow me eyes, she did! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG:SO WHY DOES THIS DEAD CARNATION by HAYDEN CARRUTH FINIS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE WALL STREET PIT, MAY, 1901 by EDWIN MARKHAM DAWN BEHIND NIGHT by ISAAC ROSENBERG GARDEN WIRELESS by CARL SANDBURG SIXTEEN MONTHS by CARL SANDBURG VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 10. STRESA by SARA TEASDALE TONE PICTURE (MALIPIERO: IMPRESSONI DAL VERO) by JEAN STARR UNTERMEYER |