WHERE'S a boy a-goin', An' what's he goin' to do, An' how's he goin' to do it, When the world bu'sts through? Ma she says "she can't tell What we're comin' to!" An' Pop says "he's ist skeered Clean -- plum -- through!" S'pose we'd be a-playin' Out in the street, An' the ground 'ud split up 'Bout forty feet! -- Ma says "she ist knows @3We@1 'ud tumble in"; An' Pop says "he bets you @3Nen@1 we wouldn't grin!" S'pose we'd ist be 'tendin' Like we had a show, Down in the stable Where we mustn't go, -- Ma says, "The earthquake Might make it fall"; An' Pop says, "More'n like Swaller barn an' all!" Landy! ef we both wuz Runnin' 'way from school, Out in the shady woods Where it's all so cool! -- Ma says "a big tree Might sqush our head"; An' Pop says, "Chop 'em out Both -- killed -- dead!" But where's a boy goin', An' what's he goin' to do, An' how's he goin' to do it, Ef the world bu'sts through? Ma she says "she can't tell What we're comin' to!" An' Pop says "he's ist skeered Clean -- plum -- through!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON VISITING THE TOMB OF BURNS by JOHN KEATS LOVE SONGS TO JOANNES by MINA LOY AT PORT ROYAL by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER A RENOUNCING OF LOVE by THOMAS WYATT TO A THESAURUS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS SOME ACCOUNT OF A NEW PLAY by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM TO MISS --, THEN TWO YEARS OLD by JANE BOWDLER THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD: AGLAIA. A PASTORAL by NICHOLAS BRETON |