Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GEE AND HAW, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH Poet's Biography First Line: A fellah had a pair of mules Last Line: And that's good sense and that's good law. Subject(s): Asses & Mules | ||||||||
A fellah had a pair of mules That knew no laws and knew no rules But geed for haw and hawed for gee And went contrary gener'ly, The durnedest mules you ever see. If both had geed when it was haw, While that ain't just exactly law, It might of worked out purty good, If once the thing was understood And they done what you thought they would. But not these two. If old July, When you yelled "gee!" to gee would try, Then January, t'other one, Observin' what July had done, Would start to hawin' on the run. So gee for haw and haw for gee, But never simultan'ously, They went through life, and kicked more dirt And done less work and done more hurt Than two hyenies, I assert. And I've seen folks just like them mules: Got hitched, but never read the rules, Who didn't know you had to wear The marriage collar fair and square And pull together ev'rywhere. One can't have haw and one have gee: On gee or haw you must agree And then go forward, gee or haw, Accordin'ly, without no jaw -- And that's good sense and that's good law. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DONKEY by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON ADVICE TO A LADY [IN AUTUMN] by PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE MAGGOTS OF FLATTERY by SAMUEL BUTLER (1612-1680) THREE EPISTLES TO G. LLOYD ON A PASSAGE FROM HOMER'S ILIAD: 1 by JOHN BYROM AN EPIGRAM ON JOHN MARSTON by JOSEPH HALL HORSE AND ASS by HEINRICH HEINE LYRICAL INTERLUDE: 16 by HEINRICH HEINE THE TRAINED ASS by FRANCIS JAMMES A DIFFERENT WAY by DOUGLAS MALLOCH |
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