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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HA! HA! HO! HO!, by BERTON BRALEY Poet's Biography First Line: Said the man from walla-walla, 'you may think that I am loco' Last Line: "so it's 'bye-bye, walla-walla, I am off to pago-pago'!" Subject(s): Farewell; Parting | |||
Said the Man from Walla-Walla, "You may think that I am loco, But I hear the soft breeze mur-mur and I've got it in my co-co To say 'ta-ta' to my homeland and be off to Pago-Pago Where the bul-bul warbles sweetly over fields of rice and sago. "When the choo-choo gives a toot-toot you will know that I have started," Said the Man from Walla-Walla, "you will see that I've departed Far from ma-ma, far from pa-pa, like a convict freed from Sing-Sing I shall fly to Pago-Pago where the birds upon the wing, sing. "I will say farewell to Mi-Mi—one of Ziegfeld's Merry-Merry, And I'll buy some agar-agar as a cure for beri-beri, And I'll go to Pago-Pago; you may pooh-pooh all you want to But life here is only so-so and I know where I will jaunt to. "I will go to Pago-Pago where I'm certain that I'll have a Little hula-hula maiden who will wear a lava-lava, I will beat upon a tom-tom, primitive as any Zulu, And I'll ride around the country on a gee-gee that's a lu-lu! "Oh, the cares that now oppress me will be dead as any do-do, I will eat the juicy paw-paw, and I will not have to blow dough, Life will be a luscious bon-bon, joyously will night and day go, So it's 'bye-bye, Walla-Walla, I am off to Pago-Pago'!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN STUDY #2 FOR B.B.L. by JUNE JORDAN WATCHING THE NEEDLEBOATS AT SAN SABBA by JAMES JOYCE SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES |
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