@3A big piece o' pie, and a big piece o' puddin' -- I laid it all by fer little Billy Goodin'!@1 -- BOY POET. LOOK so neat an' sweet in all yer frills an' fancy pleatin'! Better shet yer kitchen, though, afore you go to Meetin'! -- Better hide yer mince-meat an' stewed fruit an' plums! Better hide yer pound-cake an' bresh away the crumbs! Better hide yer cubbord-key when Billy Goodin' comes, A-eatin'! an' a-eatin'! an' a-eatin'! Sight o' Sund'y-doin's done 'at ain't done in Meetin'! Sun acrost yer garden-patch a-pourin' an' a-beatin'; Meller apples drappin' in the weeds an' roun' the groun' -- Clingstones an' sugar-pears a-ist a-plunkin' down! -- Better kind o' comb the grass 'fore Billy comes aroun', A-eatin'! an' a-eatin'! an' a-eatin'! @3Billy Goodin'@1 ain't a-go' to go to any Meetin'! @3We@1 'ull watch an' ketch an' give the little sneak a beatin'! -- Better hint @3we@1 want'o stay 'n' snoop yer grapes an' plums! Better eat 'em all yerse'f an' suck yer stingy thumbs! -- Won't be nothin' anyhow when Billy Goodin' comes! -- A-eatin'! an' a-eatin'! an' a-eatin'! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET PREFIXED TO 'THE COMMONWEALTH & GOVERNMENT OF VENICE' by EDMUND SPENSER THE EMPEROR OF ICE-CREAM by WALLACE STEVENS THE PITY OF LOVE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE LAST MAN by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES SONG/FOR SANNA by OLGA BROUMAS FO'C'S'LE YARNS: 1ST SERIES. SPIES ALTERA; TO THE FUTURE MANX POET by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN |