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Famous Biddy Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Biddy poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous biddy poems. These examples illustrate what a famous biddy poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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by Laurence Dunbar, Paul
...folks wants to be chewin',
O chone!
If he came to my door wid his cane on a twirl,
Fur to thry to make love to you, Biddy, my girl,
Ah, wouldn't I send him away wid a whirl,
O chone!
They say the gossoon is indecent and dirty,
O chone!
In spite of his dressin' so.
O chone!
Let him dress up ez foine ez a king or a queen,
Let him put on more wrinkles than ever was seen,
You'll be sure he's no match for my little colleen,
O chone!
Faith the two is comin' back an' ...Read More



by Chatterton, Thomas
...Young Colin was as stout a boy 
As ever gave a maiden joy; 
But long in vain he told his tale 
To black-eyed Biddy of the Dale. 
Ah why, the whining shepherd cried, 
Am I alone your smiles denied? 
I only tell in vain my tale 
To black-eyed Biddy of the Dale. 

True Colin, said the laughing dame, 
You only whimper out your flame, 
Others do more than sigh their tale 
To black-eyed Biddy of the Dale. 

He took the hint &c....Read More

by Masefield, John
...an't we all have women in? 
Bess Evans now, or Sister Polly, 
Or those two housemaids at the Folly? 
Let someone nip to Biddy Price's, 
They'd all come in a brace of trices. 
Rose Davies, Sue, and Betsy Perks; 
One man, one girl, and damn all Turks." 
But, no. "More gin," they cried; "Come on. 
We'll have the girls in when it's gone." 
So round the g in went, hot and heady, 
Hot Hollands punch on top of deady. 

Hot Hollands punch on top of stout 
Puts...Read More

by McGonagall, William Topaz
...I'm a rattling boy from Dublin town,
I courted a girl called Biddy Brown,
Her eyes they were as black as sloes,
She had black hair and an aquiline nose. 

Chorus --

Whack fal de da, fal de darelido,
Whack fal de da, fal de darelay,
Whack fal de da, fal de darelido,
Whack fal de da, fal de darelay. 

One night I met her with another lad,
Says I, Biddy, I've caught you, by dad,
I never thought you were half so ...Read More

by Betjeman, John
...our mackintoshes, waders warm and dry,
We waited for the wreckage to come swirling into reach,
Ralph, Vasey, Alistair, Biddy, John and I.

Then roller into roller curled
And thundered down the rocky bay,
And we were in a water world
Of rain and blizzard, sea and spray,
And one against the other hurled
We struggled round to Greenaway.
Bless?d be St Enodoc, bless?d be the wave,
Bless?d be the springy turf, we pray, pray to thee,
Ask for our children all happy days you ...Read More



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