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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEFORE BEDTIME, by JOHN CHARLES MCNEILL Poet's Biography
First Line: The cat sleeps in a chimney jam
Last Line: It shoots smoke through the ashes.
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
First Line: The cat sleeps in a chimney jam
Last Line: It shoots smoke through the ashes.
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
The cat sleeps in a chimney jam
With ashes in her fur,
An' Tige, from on the yuther side,
He keeps his eye on her.
The jar o' curds is on the hearth,
An' I'm the one to turn it.
I'll crawl in bed an' go to sleep
When maw begins to churn it.
Paw bends to read his almanax
An' study out the weather,
An' bud has got a gourd o' grease
To ile his harness leather.
Sis looks an' looks into the fire,
Half-squintin' through her lashes,
An' I jis watch my tater where
It shoots smoke through the ashes.
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