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GYPSY'S SELLING SONG by JEAN INGELOW

Poet Analysis

First Line: MY GOOD MAN -- HE'S AN OLD, OLD MAN
Last Line: BUY, MAIDS, BUY
Subject(s): GYPSIES; SALESPERSONS;
My good man - he's an old, old man -
And my good man got a fall,
To buy me a bargain so fast he ran
When he heard the gypsies call:
Buy, buy brushes,
Baskets wrought o' rushes.
Buy them, buy them, take them, try them,
Buy, dames all."


My old man, he has money and land,
And a young, young wife am I.
Let him put the penny in my white hand
When he hears the gypsies cry:
Buy, buy laces,
Veils to screen your faces.
Buy them, buy them, take and try them.
Buy, maids, buy."




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