When wedding fiddles are a-playing, Huzza for folly O! And when maidens go a-maying, Huzza, &c. When a milk-pail is upset, Huzza, &c. And the clothes left in the wet, Huzza, &c. When the barrel's set abroach, Huzza, &c. When Kate Eyebrow keeps a coach, Huzza, &c. When the pig is over-roasted, Huzza, &c. And the cheese is over-toasted, Huzza, &c. When Sir Snap is with his lawyer, Huzza, &c. And Miss Chip has kiss'd the sawyer, Huzza, &c. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MARMOZET by HILAIRE BELLOC RHYTHM by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SIXTEEN MONTHS by CARL SANDBURG REALITY REQUIRES by WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA AUGUST MOONRISE by SARA TEASDALE SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 21 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING A COUNTRY BURIAL by EMILY DICKINSON |