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DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 3. TEESTAY by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: OF TROPIC SENSATIONS, THE WORST
Last Line: TEESTAY, TEESTAY.
Subject(s): CARIBBEAN SEA; DRINKS & DRINKING; PLEASURE; WINE;
Of tropic sensations, the worst
Is, @3sin duda@1, the tropical thirst.

When it starts in your throat and constantly grows,
Till you feel that it reaches down to your toes,
When your mouth tastes like fur
And your tongue turns to dust,
There's but one thing to do,
And do it you must,
Drink @3teestay.

Teestay@1, a drink with a history,
A delicious, delectable mystery,
"@3Cinco centavos el vaso, señor@1,"
If you take one, you will surely want more.

@3Teestay, teestay@1,
The national drink on a feast day;
How it coolingly tickles,
As downward it trickles,
@3Teestay, teestay@1.

And you wish, as you take it down at a quaff,
That your neck was constructed à la giraffe.
@3Teestay, teestay@1.



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