DOWN IN FRONT of Casey's old brown wooden stoop On a Summer's evening we formed a merry group; Boys and girls together, we would sing and waltz While the "Ginnie" played the organ On the sidewalks of New York. That's where Johnny Casey and little Jimmie Crowe, With Jakey Krause, the baker, who always had the dough, Pretty Nellie Shannon, with a dude as light as cork, First picked up the waltz-step On the sidewalks of New York. Things have changed since those times, Some are up in "G," Others they are wand'rers, but they all feel just like me. They'd part with all they've got could they but once more walk With their best girl and have a twirl On the sidewalks of New York. East side, west side, all round the town, The tots sang "Ring-a-rosie," "London Bridge is falling down"; Boys and girls together, me and Mamie Rorke Tripped the light fantastic On the sidewalks of New York. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A GOODNIGHT by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THALATTA! THALATTA!; CRY OF THE TEN THOUSAND by JOSEPH BROWNLEE BROWN IN A LECTURE-ROOM by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH AT LORD'S [CRICKET GROUND] by FRANCIS THOMPSON THE ARTILLERYMAN'S VISION by WALT WHITMAN |