I'M the fellah that tole one day The tale of the won'erful one-hoss-shay. Wan' to hear another? Say. -- Funny, was n' it? Made me laugh, -- I'm too modest, I am, by half, -- Made me laugh 's though I sh'd split, -- Cahn' a fellah like fellah's own wit? -- Fellahs keep sayin', -- "Well, now that's nice: Did it once, but cahn' do it twice." -- Don' you b'lieve the' 'z no more fat; Lots in the kitch'n 'z good 'z that. Fus'-rate throw, 'n' no mistake, -- Han' us the props for another shake; -- Know I'll try, 'n' guess I'll win; Here sh' goes for hit 'm ag'in! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OF MY DEAR SON [GERVASE BEAUMONT] by JOHN BEAUMONT THE WAYS OF TIME by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES IMPROMPTU LINES ON JULY FOURTH by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS AN EPITAPH UPON THE DEATH OF SIR PHILIP SIDNEY by RICHARD BARNFIELD |