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I'D Rather Be a Hillbillie

I'd rather be a hillbillie
than a bybillie or blowbillie
to try to be all three, you see
would drive me to insanity.

Hillbillies are fun and fancy free
can run as far as you can see
may be poor, ain’t got no teeth
but that don’t bother’m in the least!

Bybillies are skittishy and shy
seldom stay, always say "goodbye"
they never joke, don't even try
just mumble, complain, whine and cry.

Blowbillies are too puffed up
have big mouths, can’t keep them shut
boast and brag, often disrupt 
full of hot air, they up look quite stuffed! 

I’d rather be a hillbillie 
than a bybillie or blowbillie 
and climb the hills and know the land
and laugh and hunt “to beat the band”.

Hillbillies love to dance and sing
know how to play the fiddle and swing
and love to roam the fields in spring
I'd rather be a hillbillie more than anything!























 


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Robert Pettit

Date: 8/3/2018 1:26:00 PM

If this won in somebody's contest, then congratulations! It looked like a formidable contender!

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 5/12/2018 3:46:00 AM

Laura, you did an excellent job conveying what I was hoping everyone would convey - a hillbilly, bybillie and blowbillie. I loved the way you described them, and played right into my contest. Well done! Congrats!

Laura Leiser
Date: 5/12/2018 8:35:00 AM

Thank you, Caren, for placing my poem at the top! I was thrilled, and am glad it was what you were looking for :)

Jan Allison

Date: 5/10/2018 6:20:00 PM

many congrats Laura:-) hugs Jan xx

Roy Pett

Date: 5/10/2018 7:30:00 AM

Congratulations on your well deserved win Laura with your well written verse, challenging but interesting contest so well done. :))

Laura Leiser
Date: 5/10/2018 9:23:00 AM

Thank you, Roy! I appreciate your kind comments :)

Cheryl Hoffman

Date: 5/9/2018 7:32:00 PM

Congrats on a well deserved first place win Laura; this awesome write depicts the three different billies perfectly!~Che :)

Laura Leiser
Date: 5/10/2018 9:20:00 AM

Thanks, Cheryl! So glad you enjoyed it :)

Pandita Sietesantos

Date: 5/9/2018 4:18:00 PM

Congratulations, dear Laura on your top podium win! I thoroughly enjoyed this amusing piece, so witty - made me giggle:-)! Best wishes and hugs. Pandita

Laura Leiser
Date: 5/9/2018 4:37:00 PM

Thank you, Pandita! So glad this put a smile on your face :)

Line Gauthier

Date: 5/9/2018 3:47:00 PM

Back with most deserving congrats for a gold medal win, Laura. Well done.

Laura Leiser
Date: 5/9/2018 4:37:00 PM

Thanks so much, Line! Glad you liked this one :)

Eve Roper

Date: 5/9/2018 12:15:00 PM

Enjoyed reading, Laura, I've heard they also love their kissing cousins :) . Congratulations on your awesome great write..Hugs Eve

Laura Leiser
Date: 5/9/2018 12:26:00 PM

Thank you, Eve! I’m so glad you liked this one :)

Sandra Haight

Date: 5/9/2018 10:44:00 AM

Laura, you've met this contest challenge so well! I couldn't think of what to write, but you certainly wrote a very creative poem. Congratulations on your top of the podium win! Hugs, Sandra

Laura Leiser
Date: 5/9/2018 1:24:00 PM

Thanks so much, Sandra! Glad you liked this. :)

Susan Gentry

Date: 4/30/2018 12:28:00 AM

Love it! A winner. Well written, fun, very clever.

Laura Leiser
Date: 5/9/2018 1:23:00 PM

Thanks, Susan! Glad you enjoyed this one! :)

Jan Allison

Date: 4/16/2018 5:47:00 PM

what a fun poem Laura, i could cope with writing about hillbillies but the other two were beyond my creative capabilities lol:-) very good luck in the contest:-) hugs Jan xx