DE man dat wahs de slickest tile Doan draw de bigges' check; De riches' lookin' kin' ob sile Doan yiel' de bigges' peck. De hoss dat's highes' in de pool Doan always win de race, Kase sometimes he's a little off, An' sometimes held fo' place. De bulldog wid de orn'ry jaw Ain' half so bad to meet As dat dar yaller mungril cur Dat's layin for yo' meat. De mooley cow dat hists her leg An' makes de milkmaid scream, Am jes' de bossie cow dat gives De riches' kin' ob cream. De mule dat hab de wicked eye Ain' half so bad, now min' -- Look out for dat ole sleepy mule Yo' 's walkin' 'roun' behin'. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A NICE CORRESPONDENT by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON TRAVEL by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY ENGLAND AND AMERICA: 1. ON A RHINE STEAMER by JAMES KENNETH STEPHEN THE POET'S SONG by ALFRED TENNYSON DRINKING SONG (4) by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE A SWING SONG by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM PATTY MORGAN THE MILKMAID'S STORY: 'LOOK AT THE CLOCK!' by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM |