ON 'Scursion-days -- an' Shows -- an' Fairs -- They ain't no bad folks anywheres! -- On street-cars -- same as @3you@1 -- Seems like @3some@1body allus sees I'm lame, an' takes me on their knees, An' holds my crutches, too -- An' asts me what's my name, an' pays My fare theirse'f -- On all Big Days! The mob all @3scrowdges@1 you an' makes Enough o' bluffs, fer goodness-sakes! But none of 'em @3ain't@1 mad -- They're only @3lettin' on. -- I@1 know; -- An' I can tell you @3why@1 it's so: They're all of 'em too @3glad@1 -- They're @3ever' one,@1 jes' glad as @3me@1 To be there, er they @3wouldn't@1 be! The man that sells the tickets snoops My "one-er" in, but sort o' stoops An' grins out at me -- then Looks mean an' business-like an' sucks His big mustache at me an' chucks Too much change out again. -- He's a @3smooth citizen,@1 an' yit He don't fool @3me@1 one little bit! An' then, @3inside@1 -- fer all the jam -- Folks, seems-like, all knows who I am, An' tips me nods an' winks; An' even country-folks has made Me he'p eat pie an' marmalade, With bottled milk fer "drinks"! -- Folks @3all's@1 so good to me that I -- Sometimes -- I nearly purt' near' @3cry@1. An' all the @3kids,@1 high-toned er pore, Seems better than they wuz before, An' wants to kind o' "stand In" with a feller -- see him through The @3free@1 lay-out an' @3sideshows,@1 too, An' do the bloomin' "grand"! On 'Scursion-days -- an' Shows an' Fairs -- They ain't no bad folks anywheres! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NO BABY IN THE HOUSE by CLARA G. DOLLIVER LONDON VOLUNTARIES: 3. SCHERZANDO by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 35 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN THE NYMPH COMPLAINING FOR THE DEATH OF HER FAUN [OR, FAWN] by ANDREW MARVELL |