Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IF MY WIFE TAUGHT SCHOOL, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING Poet's Biography First Line: If I had a wife 'at taught school I would go Last Line: Enny way, what would you do? Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben Subject(s): Marriage; Suicide; Teaching & Teachers; Travel; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Educators; Professors; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
IF I had a wife 'at taught school I would go To far-away countries. I'd fish from the Po In a gondola gay, and the splash o' my oar Would be heard by the natives around Singapore If my wife taught school, I would, wouldn't you? Er wouldn't yuh? Enny way, what would you do? If I had a wife 'at taught school I would get Something fine in the shape of a furniture set; If I could pay my board and she could pay hern, There's a good many nice little things I could earn. If my wife taught school, I would, wouldn't you? Er wouldn't yuh? Enny way, what would you do? If my wife taught school you can bet I would fly Like a condor, I'd roost pretty middlin' high; I'd wear a silk tile and own hosses, I vow, And do lots of things I ain't doin' now. If my wife taught school, I would, wouldn't you? Er wouldn't yuh? Enny way, what would you do? If my wife taught school like some women do, And I couldn't earn quite enough for us two, I'd go in the barnyard, without any fuss, I would blow out my brains with a big blunderbuss. If my wife taught school, I would, wouldn't you? Er wouldn't yuh? Enny way, what would you do? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING THE PESSIMIST by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING |
|