YOU kin boast about yer cities, and their stiddy growth and size, And brag about yer County-seats, and business enterprise, And railroads, and factories, and all sich foolery -- But the little Town o' Tailholt is big enough fer me! You kin harp about yer churches, with their steeples in the clouds, And gas about yer graded streets, and blow about per crowds; You kin talk about yer @3"the@1aters," and all you've got to see -- But the little Town o' Tailholt is @3show@1 enough fer me! They hain't no @3style@1 in our town -- hit's little-like and small -- They hain't no @3"churches,"@1 nuther, -- jes' the meetin'-house is all; They's no sidewalks, to speak of -- but the highway's allus free, And the little Town o' Tailholt is wide enough fer me! Some finds it discommodin'-like, I'm willing to admit To hev but one post-office, and a womern keepin' hit, And the drug-store, and shoe-shop, and grocery, all three -- But the little Town o' Tailholt is handy 'nough fer me! You kin smile and turn yer nose up, and joke and hev yer fun, And laugh and holler "Tail-holts is better holts'n none!" Ef the city suits you better, w'y, hit's where you'd ort'o be -- But the little Town o' Tailholt's good enough fer me! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 18 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING ECCLESIASTES by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE TO HIS DEAR FRIEND MR. JOHN EMELY by WILLIAM BOSWORTH ON MR. CHURCHILL'S SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY (NOVEMBER 30, 1944) by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB PYGMALION THE SCULPTOR by ROBERT WILLIAMS BUCHANAN ON ENTERING A CHAPEL by JOHN DAVIDSON |