"I've heard it said that someone said that someone said to him -- But as to who or when or where my memory is dim -- That somewhere else some other time -- it's true as like as not -- Back east, out west, or somewhere -- he a reputation got For -- well, for something that was wrong -- I don't remember what. "They say some fellow sued him -- no, he sued some other man -- I don't know what it was about or how it all began -- But, anyway, some things came out that sounded pretty bad Concerning him, concerning what he tried to do, or had -- If I had heard particulars to tell you I'd be glad. "I'm not a man who likes to knock, or gossip to relate, But I have heard that someone said he wasn't really straight. I don't know what it was he did, or what the records show When he was sued -- or started suit -- back somewhere long ago -- I don't know what they said he did -- but probably it's so." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALMANACH DU PRINTEMPS VIVAROIS by HAYDEN CARRUTH SISTER MARIA CELESTE, GALILEO'S DAUGHTER, WRITES TO FRIEND by MADELINE DEFREES OLD MEN ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN, MURRAY, KENTUCKY by JAMES GALVIN DEVASTATION by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |