IF I had a wife 'at taught school I would go To far-away countries. I'd fish from the Po In a gondola gay, and the splash o' my oar Would be heard by the natives around Singapore If my wife taught school, I would, wouldn't you? Er wouldn't yuh? Enny way, what would you do? If I had a wife 'at taught school I would get Something fine in the shape of a furniture set; If I could pay my board and she could pay hern, There's a good many nice little things I could earn. If my wife taught school, I would, wouldn't you? Er wouldn't yuh? Enny way, what would you do? If my wife taught school you can bet I would fly Like a condor, I'd roost pretty middlin' high; I'd wear a silk tile and own hosses, I vow, And do lots of things I ain't doin' now. If my wife taught school, I would, wouldn't you? Er wouldn't yuh? Enny way, what would you do? If my wife taught school like some women do, And I couldn't earn quite enough for us two, I'd go in the barnyard, without any fuss, I would blow out my brains with a big blunderbuss. If my wife taught school, I would, wouldn't you? Er wouldn't yuh? Enny way, what would you do? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I'M GOING BACK TO SOMETHING by DAVID IGNATOW JOHN MOULDY by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE AN APPEAL TO CATS IN THE BUSINESS OF LOVE; SONG by THOMAS FLATMAN STANZAS; HOOD'S LAST POEM by THOMAS HOOD THE NYMPH COMPLAINING FOR THE DEATH OF HER FAUN [OR, FAWN] by ANDREW MARVELL THE WITCH IN THE GLASS by SARAH MORGAN BRYAN PIATT VALENTINES TO MY MOTHER: 1880 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |