Part 16 (1/2)
I see a goose ring a hog, And a snail that bit a dog; Thou hast well drunken, man: Who's the fool now?
I see a mouse catch the cat, Fie! man, fie!
I see a mouse catch the cat, Who's the fool now?
I see a mouse catch the cat, And the cheese to eat the rat; Thou hast well drunken, man: Who's the fool now?
From _Deuteromelia printed in the reign of James I_.
_THE YONGHY-BONGHY-BO_
I
On the Coast of Coromandel Where the early pumpkins blow, In the middle of the woods Lived the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo.
Two old chairs, and half a candle, One old jug without a handle,-- These were all his worldly goods: In the middle of the woods, These were all the worldly goods Of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo, Of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo.
II
Once, among the Bong-trees walking Where the early pumpkins blow, To a little heap of stones Came the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo.
There he heard a Lady talking, To some milk-white Hens of Dorking,-- ”'Tis the Lady Jingly Jones!
On that little heap of stones Sits the Lady Jingly Jones!”
Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo, Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo.
III
”Lady Jingly! Lady Jingly!
Sitting where the pumpkins blow, Will you come and be my wife?”
Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo, ”I am tired of living singly,-- On this coast so wild and s.h.i.+ngly,-- I'm a-weary of my life; If you'll come and be my wife, Quite serene would be my life!”
Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo, Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo.
IV
”On this Coast of Coromandel Shrimps and watercresses grow, Prawns are plentiful and cheap,”
Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo.
”You shall have my chairs and candle, And my jug without a handle!
Gaze upon the rolling deep (Fish is plentiful and cheap): As the sea, my love is deep!”
Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo, Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo.
Lady Jingly answered sadly, And her tears began to flow,-- ”Your proposal comes too late, Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo!
I would be your wife most gladly!”
(Here she twirled her fingers madly,) ”But in England I've a mate!
Yes! you've asked me far too late, For in England I've a mate, Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo!
Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo!”
VI
Mr. Jones (his name is Handel,-- Handel Jones, Esquire & Co.) Dorking fowls delights to send, Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo!