Oh, dolly-dolly


from the ABC set 'Selected Poems: 1989 - 2009.'

Oh, dolly-dolly

For every girl I've ever smitten,
For every girl I ever smote,
For every girl that's ever ridden, this old boat.

"Oh, dilly-dilly me,
Oh, dilly-dilly I,
We sing as love flies by.

Oh, dilly-dilly me,
Oh, dilly-dilly I,
Swing low, and then, swing high.

Oh, dilly-dilly me,
Oh, dilly-dilly I,
It's not only in my eyes I cry.

For every song I've ever written,
For every song I ever wrote,
For every bitch that's ever bitten, this old goat.

Oh, dolly-dolly me,
Oh, dolly-dolly I,
It's in the pan we fry.

Oh, dolly-dolly me,
Oh, dolly-dolly I,
Let's take a last look at the blue-blue sky.

Oh, dolly-dolly me,
Oh, dolly-dolly I,
It's in my soul I cry!

JP Brown ' 19/02/2006.

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