Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JEALOUSY, by NATHALIA CRANE First Line: Flatbush! Flatbush! Rah! Rah! Rah! Last Line: See the bobbed-head riding on the bob-tailed car. Subject(s): Fathers & Daughters; Jealousy | ||||||||
FLATBUSH! Flatbush! Rah! Rah! Rah! See the bobbed-head riding On the bob-tailed car. Flatbush! Flatbush! Rah! Rah! Rah! I saw a big girl staring at my Pa. She was standing in the corner, she was turning in her toes. She must have been a seniorby the powder on her nose. Her hair was bobbed and blond-like and she was someone's pet, But I went into action with the battlefield all set. Rah! Rah! Flatbush! My mother wasn't there, But some papas are rather young and need a daughter's care. And that is why in Flatbush we have organized a guard, Made up of little daughters of the men who work so hard. Some day, of course, I will mature and know a little more, But now I am content to be my mother's Signal Corps. And mother knows when I go out with Pa, things are O. K., For I belong to the Flatbush Guardswe don't let father stray. Flatbush! Flatbush! Rah! Rah! Rah! I hold on to father's hand When we go very far. Flatbush! Flatbush! Rah! Rah! Rah! See the bobbed-head riding on the bob-tailed car. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOG AFTER LOVE by YEHUDA AMICHAI TOGETHER IN GREECE by LINDA GREGG THE JEALOUS LOVERS by DONALD HALL WOMEN THEY COULD KILL FOR by PETER JOHNSON GENEVIEVE AND ALEXANDRA (2) by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON SONNET (6) by GEORGE SANTAYANA |
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