I'm going on a journey—oh, just a little journey; I'll go until my money peters out; And then I'll pause a little and try to earn a little, —You need a bit of cash to roam about. And when I have some money, I'll take another journey (Just think of all the journeys that there are!) I'll go a little further—oh, just a little further, Which, bye and bye, will take me pretty far! I know a lot of people who talk of going places To China or Japan or Borneo But one way or another, well, they never do get started For they never have the money saved to go! But me, I take a journey in the general direction Of the place I'd like to get—no matter where. Then, I go a little further, and I go a little further And—bye and bye I find that I am @3there!@1 I take it kind of easy and I never try to hurry For you've got to have the cash to travel fast; So I sorta amble onward, meeting lots of pleasant people And I get where I am going to at last. Yes, I take my little journeys to a lot of different places As I wander underneath my happy star, And I go a little further—always just a little further Which, bye and bye, will take me pretty far! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RUNAWAY SLAVE AT PILGRIM'S POINT by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING WHEN SHE COMES HOME by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY TO A BUTTERFLY (1) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH MARY MAGDALEN by BARTOLOME LEONARDO DE ARGENSOLA IN THE STILLNESS O' THE NIGHT by WILLIAM BARNES SOUNDS OF THE CITY by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 8 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |