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STREET CRIERS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN POLL STAYS HERE, HER JACK GOES THERE
Last Line: WHO'LL BUY YOUNG WATERCRESS?'
Subject(s): MUSIC & MUSICIANS; SINGING & SINGERS; SONGS;
When Poll stays here, her Jack goes there,
To earn their provender;
Her cries are all in Bethnal Green —
'Sweet Lavender! Sweet Lavender!
Who'll buy Sweet Lavender?'

And oft she wonders if her Jack
Enjoys a man's success;
Who cries on top of Stamford Hill —
'Young Watercress! Young Watercress!
Who'll buy Young Watercress?'



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