New Classic Poems – Contemporary Verse That Rhymes

New Classic Poems
Family Matters
“When I wuz young and wild
I loved a rancher’s child.
Purdy wuz she, and mild –
A jewel among wimmin.
Gettin’ hitched wuz my goal:
I’d loved Sal, heart and soul,
Since down by the fishin’ hole
I spied her swimmin’.
“We loved each other true.
Her Pa, Jake Pedigrue,
Said, ‘No, this just won’t do.
Hit the trail now, boy!
I own a big, ol’ spread
With a few thousand head.
No gal of mine will wed
A no-account cowboy!’
“Though her Pa had been cruel
My sweetheart weren’t no fool.
She couldn’t larn in school
What I could teach her!
When Jake was not around,
With her Ma’s weddin’ gown
We high-tailed into town
To visit the preacher.
“We spent our honeymoon
In the most fancy room
Up above Nell’s Saloon.
Sal wuz a honey!
Went to it with a will,
Then ate and drank our fill,
Fixin’ to pay the bill
With her Pa’s money.
“Early the followin’ day
Knockin’ disturbed our stay,
Promptin’ my bride to say,
‘What’s the commotion’
We could have slept a spell,
But it wuz the owner, Nell,
With some bad news to tell,
I had a notion.
“ ‘Hate to disturb you dears,
But Sally’s Daddy’s here.
He’s mighty riled, I fear.
Better skedaddle!’
Jake caught us unprepared.
Grabbin’ our underwear
We run down the back stair
And hit the saddle.
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