An Apt Pupil (C J Dennis Poems)
Knockin' about (said Benny, the Tough) By the Rocks an' Woolloomooloo,Oh, I was a low-brow, right enough, And a bit ...
Knockin' about (said Benny, the Tough) By the Rocks an' Woolloomooloo,Oh, I was a low-brow, right enough, And a bit ...
I rode to that box a settin' on a post beside the trail,That our outfit used fur getting' all their ...
Now, Plugger Palook was a man in a thousand -- (Said Horace the Howler) not one of yer fools.But his ...
They say my boy is bad, she said to me, A tired old woman, thin and very frail."They caught him ...
Do you know 'Erb? Now, there's a dinkum sport. If football's on your mind, why, 'Erb's the sort To put ...
When Pa comes home, I'm at the door,An' then he grabs me off the floorAn' throws me up an' catches ...
She ain't inclined to'rds lots o' thingsThat eastern gals can do up brown;She don't wear jewelry and rings,Like them swell ...
Winter is here and it aint so nice tendin' the feeders and choppin' ice.Nasty weather to stir about. ...
Long faces, hangin' lips an' eyes without a smile, Meegrims an' mulligrubs, mournfulness an' moans,Faith in the future gone to ...
O, de birds ar' sweetly singin', 'Weh down Souf,An' de banjer is a-ringin', 'Weh down Souf;An' my heart it is ...
Apples on the table an' the grate-fire blazin' high,Oh, I'm sure the whole world hasn't any happier man than I;The ...
When the young folks gather 'round in the good old-fashioned way,Singin' all the latest songs gathered from the newest play,Or ...
That night hoss he got the gate open. You find the next mornin' he's gone.And there by the fence lays ...
1.Oh' Fiddlah Ike's a-playin' to de moonErbout his wife dat died away las' June.He play de saddes' tune in all ...
BEIN' uncle to the kids,Laughin' lips an' drowsy lidsGrimy hands an' tattered clothes,Cheeks as red as any rose;Willie Browns an' ...
There was an auld fisher, he sat by the wa',An' luikit oot ower the sea;The bairnies war playin, he smil't ...
BLUE skies mighty temptin', an' the sunbeams coaxin', too,An' my wo'k is gettin' harder ebery day;Ain't a-takin' any int'rest in ...
1.Ah lubs de worl'. - Kain't he'p it, dat's mah way.Futh'mo' Ah lubs de night, Ah lubs de day,Ah lubs ...
Edgin' the doorway all the time- Cussin' the boots for Sunday! Thinkin' desertion ain't such a crime- Kickin' the boots ...
You may talk o' your lutes and your dulcimers fine, Your harps and your tabors and cymbals and a', But ...
You've heard of Belching Billy, likewise known as Windy Bill, As punk a chunk of Yukon scum as ever robbed ...
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