Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SO GLAD FOR SPREENG, by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY


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SO GLAD FOR SPREENG, by                    
First Line: Eef som'body com' to-day
Last Line: "here ees com' da spreeng!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Daly, T. A.
Subject(s): Marriage; Spring; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


EEF som'body com' to-day
To dees fruita-stan' an' say:
"Wa't? Banana two for fi'?
Seems to me dat's verra high!"
I would look up een da sky
Where da sun ees shine so bright,
An' da clouds so sof' an' white
Sail like boats I use' to see
Een da bay at Napoli;
An' so softa theeng I am,
I would notta care a dam
Eef da customer should be
Sly enough for taka three!
Eef like dat you com' to-day
Mebbe so I justa say:
"See da Tony McAroni!
He ees verra lazy thing,
W'at da deuce he care for money?
Here ees com' da spreeng!"

Eef to-day I had a wife
An' she say: "My love! my life!
I mus' have fi'-dollar note
For da new spreeng hat an' coat,"
Theenk I gona grab her throat,
Bang her head agains' da wall?
Eh! To-day? Oh, not at all!
She would look so pretta dere
Weeth da sunshine on her hair,
I would look at her, an' den
I would tal her: "Taka ten!"
Eef I had a wife to-day
I am sure dat I would say:
"All right, Mrs. McAroni,
I am verra softa theeng.
W'at de deuce I care for money?
Here ees com' da spreeng!"





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