The Jack of Spades and the Queen o' Clubs Walked one night on the promenade deck, While the King played poker Down below in the smoker, Putting up blues to win a white check; For his luck was poor and the King dismayed,— But little knew he that the Jack sashayed Arm in arm to and fro with the Queen up above, A-squeezin' of her hand and tellin' of his love! Says the Jack to the Queen, "You're my all in all; We must ever stick together tho' the heavens fall." "There's but one thing to part us," She lamented with a blush, "We couldn't stick together In a Royal Flush." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHAMBER MUSIC: 16 by JAMES JOYCE EMERGENCY HAYING by HAYDEN CARRUTH TO MAY HOWARD JACKSON - SCULPTOR by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON PRAYER AT SUNRISE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE AWAKENING by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |