Eleven jigs
I’ll have me
a jigger o’ that afore taking my turn
And don’t
give me no golfing type jigger, no fancy stuff here.
I’ll be making
a strike with a cue and you’ll learn
I’m quite
good at it too.
There, I’ve
finished my bit and I’ve set ‘em
So you’ll
never win. Put my cue down right here
On this
jigger a while. You stop dancing and step
To the plate
you young jigger. Let’s see how you do.
Will you
look at the table lad not
At that
jigger-rigged sailship that’s hanging
By rope from
a jigger up there? Will you concentrate
Here on the felt
where the game’s playing fair?
And stop
bobbing and weaving; tha looks like a jigger.
You’re cuing
a billiard ball here. You’re not taking a ride
On a
railwayman’s jigger up t’line
Will’t be careful.
Look. See.
Think you’re
digging a hole do you now?
But take
care o’ the felt. T’aint no fishing rod this.
Tha’s no’ jiggering
a net through the ice
To catch
codlets and smelt.
So you’ve
won, and you’re telling
I owe you a
prize. I’ve forgot the device that I plotted
To give
thee. Some jigger, some such but I’ll rush
Down the
jigger here, off and I’m gone.
Dance eleven
fat jigs for me please
On your day
in the sun.
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