Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE WHISTLING DAUGHTER, by ANONYMOUS


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THE WHISTLING DAUGHTER, by                    
First Line: "whistle, my dearest daughter, and I will give thee a cow"
Last Line: And so the whistling soon began
Subject(s): Mothers & Daughters


WHISTLE, my dearest daughter, and I will give thee a cow.
Ah no! my beloved mother, I cannot whistle now—
O I cannot whistle,
Ah no! my mouth it puckers so.

Whistle, my charming daughter, and I will give thee a horse.
Mother, I never whistled, and I could not now of course—
O I cannot whistle,
Ah no! my mouth it puckers so.

Whistle, my gentle daughter, and I will give thee a sheep.
Mother, I cannot whistle, so the creature you may keep—
O I cannot whistle,
Ah no! my mouth it puckers so.

Whistle, my lovely daughter, and I will give thee a man.
Mother, I never whistled, but I know right well I can—
Whistle! whistle! whistle!
And so the whistling soon began.





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