Roger and Dolly

Roger and Dolly

ROGER AND DOLLY.
BLACKWOOD.

Young Roger came tapping at Dolly's window--
Thumpaty, thumpaty, thump;
He begg'd for admittance--she answered him no--
Glumpaty, glumpaty, glump.
No, no, Roger, no--as you came you may go--
Stumpaty, stumpaty, stump.
O what is the reason, dear Dolly? he cried--
Humpaty, humpaty, hump--
That thus I'm cast off and unkindly denied?--
Trumpaty, trumpaty, trump--
Some rival more dear, I guess, has been here--
Crumpaty, crumpaty, crump--
Suppose there's been two, sir, pray what's that to you, sir
Numpaty, numpaty, nump--
Wi' a disconsolate look his sad farewell he took--
Trumpaty, trumputy, trump--
And all in despair jump'd into a brook--
Jumpaty, jumpaty, jump--
His courage did cool in a filthy green pool--
Slumpaty, slumpaty, slump--
So he swam to the shore, but saw Dolly no more--
Dumpaty, dumpaty, dump--
He did speedily find one more fat and more kind--
Plumpaty, plumpaty, plump--
But poor Dolly's afraid she must die an old maid--
Mumpaty, mumpaty, mump.

-THE END-
Blackwood's poem: Roger and Dolly

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