I GOTTA lov' for Angela, I lov' Carlotta, too. I no can marry both o' dem, So w'at I gona do? O! Angela ees pretta girl, She gotta hair so black, so curl, An' teeth so white as anytheeng. An' O! she gotta voice to seeng, Dat mak' your hearta feel eet must Jump up an' dance or eet weell bust. An' alla time she seeng, her eyes Dey smila like Italia's skies, An' makin' flirtin' looks at you -- But dat ees all w'at she can do. Carlotta ees no gotta song, But she ees twice so big an' strong As Angela, an' she no look So beautiful -- but she can cook. You oughta see her carry wood! I tal you w'at, eet do you good. When she ees be som'body's wife She worka hard, you bat my life! She never gattin' tired, too -- But dat ees all w'at she can do. O! my! I weesh dat Angela Was strong for carry wood, Or else Carlotta gotta song An' looka pretta good. I gotta lov' for Angela. I lov' Carlotta, too. I no can marry both o' dem, So w'at I gona do? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SEA-SHORE GRAVE by SIDNEY LANIER DOMESDAY BOOK: JOHN SCOFIELD by EDGAR LEE MASTERS A COMPARISON [ADDRESSED] TO A YOUNG LADY by WILLIAM COWPER ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF CLAPHAM ACADEMY by THOMAS HOOD SONNET: 13. TO MR. H. LAWES, ON HIS AIRS by JOHN MILTON SONNET: 15. TO THE LORD GENERAL FAIRFAX by JOHN MILTON GARDEN DAYS: 7. THE GARDENER by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |