@3A big piece o' pie, and a big piece o' puddin' -- I laid it all by fer little Billy Goodin'!@1 -- BOY POET. LOOK so neat an' sweet in all yer frills an' fancy pleatin'! Better shet yer kitchen, though, afore you go to Meetin'! -- Better hide yer mince-meat an' stewed fruit an' plums! Better hide yer pound-cake an' bresh away the crumbs! Better hide yer cubbord-key when Billy Goodin' comes, A-eatin'! an' a-eatin'! an' a-eatin'! Sight o' Sund'y-doin's done 'at ain't done in Meetin'! Sun acrost yer garden-patch a-pourin' an' a-beatin'; Meller apples drappin' in the weeds an' roun' the groun' -- Clingstones an' sugar-pears a-ist a-plunkin' down! -- Better kind o' comb the grass 'fore Billy comes aroun', A-eatin'! an' a-eatin'! an' a-eatin'! @3Billy Goodin'@1 ain't a-go' to go to any Meetin'! @3We@1 'ull watch an' ketch an' give the little sneak a beatin'! -- Better hint @3we@1 want'o stay 'n' snoop yer grapes an' plums! Better eat 'em all yerse'f an' suck yer stingy thumbs! -- Won't be nothin' anyhow when Billy Goodin' comes! -- A-eatin'! an' a-eatin'! an' a-eatin'! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PLEASURE MIXED WITH PAIN by THOMAS WYATT EILEEN AROON by GERALD JOSEPH GRIFFIN SONG OF SHERWOOD by ALFRED NOYES IN UTRUMQUE PARATUS by MATTHEW ARNOLD EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 28. LOVE'S TRIUMPH OVER RICHES by PHILIP AYRES THE HAPPY LOVER by PHILIP AYRES |