A Redneck Visits the Eiffel Tower

A Redneck Visits the Eiffel Tower

By Elton Camp

I hadn’t never been over to that Paris before
And I shore don’t care to go there no more
Most of those folks look like some sorta kook
And they all talk in this strange gobbley-gook

Them Frenchies, they call it the City of Light
And I have to admit they’s got that part right
But that tall tower that they like to brag about
If they’ll ever get it finished, I have my doubt

They started building it over a hundred years ago
But only got as far as the iron framework though
They better get some walls added to that thing
If they expect that any rent it’s going to bring

It’s tall enough that it could have a lot of floors
It would hold a bunch of apartments and stores
Unless they close it in, that iron’s gonna  rust
Then whoever’s stalling around will get cussed

If in building it, they are never gonna get through
Then it seems to me there’s only one thing to do
I can’t see how there can be any really good excuse
Not to tear it down and give that iron a good use
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011


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Date: 5/12/2011 4:50:00 AM
Loreen, Thanks for reading and then taking the time to comment. There are plenty of writings that praise the Eiffel Tower, so I though I'd provide an alternative. Elton
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Date: 5/12/2011 4:42:00 AM
Another fun to read poetry write by you. I do have a fondness for yous style of writing and you do keep a readers interest. Excellent write.
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