I GOT no patience with blues at all! And I ust to kind o' talk Ag'inst 'em, and claim, tel along last Fall, They wuz none in the fambly stock; But a nephew of mine, from Eelinoy, That visitud us last year, He kind o' convinct me differunt Whilse he wuz a-stayin' here. From ev'ry-which-way that blues is from, They'd pester him @3ev'ry@1-ways; They'd come to him in the night, and come On Sund'ys, and rainy days; They'd tackle him in corn-plantin' time, And in harvest, and airly Fall, -- But a dos't o' blues in the @3Winter@1-time, He 'lowed, wuz the worst of all! Said "All diseases that ever @3he@1 had -- The mumps, er the rhumatiz -- Er ev'ry-other-day-aigger -- bad As ever the blame thing is! -- Er a cyarbuncle, say, on the back of his neck, Er a felon on his thumb, -- But you keep @3the blues@1 away from him, And all o' the rest could come!" And he'd moan, "They's nary a leaf below! Ner a spear o' grass in sight! And the whole wood-pile's clean under snow! And the days is dark as night! You can't go out -- ner you can't stay in -- Lay down -- stand up -- ner set!" And a tetch o' regular tyfoid-blues Would double him jes' clean shet! I writ his parunts a postal-kyard He could stay tel Spring-time come; And Aprile -- @3first@1, as I rickollect -- Wuz the day we shipped him home! Most o' his @3relatives@1, sence then, Has eether give up, er quit, Er jes' died off; but I understand @3He's@1 the same old color yit! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MAD MAID'S SONG by ROBERT HERRICK THE PURSUIT by HENRY BELLAMANN A VILLANELLE OF COLLEGE by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE PICKING SKULLS AT VERDUN by VINCENT GODFREY BURNS BALLAD TO THE TUNE - 'AND WILL YOU NOW TO PEACE INCLINE' by PATRICK CAREY THE LEGEND OF BOASTFUL BILL by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. |