Collected Poems of Richard Griffin
"I'M a misanthropic owl,"
Said the Blue Dragoon.
"And when I prowl I growl,"
Said the Blue Dragoon
"With language very foul
Like an owl minus a jowl
Or a Monk without a cowl,"
Said the Blue Dragoon.
"Yes a Monk without a cowl."
"I was caught out in the rain,"
Said the Blue Dragoon.
"While walking through the lane,"
Said the Blue Dragoon.
"I met the little Jane,
Her pleadings were in vain
I struck her with my cane."
Said the Blue Dragoon
"I struck her with my cane."
"Oh what a piercing squeal,"
Said the Blue Dragoon.
"It was a rotten deal,"
Said the Blue Dragoon
"Look see the kiddy reel
As I turn upon my heel.
My heart is made of steel,"
Said the Blue Dragoon
"My heart is cold hard steel."
"You bet I'm not all bluff,"
Said the Blue Dragoon.
"My voice my ain't it gruff,"
Said the Blue Dragoon
"I'm made of proper stuff
Don't think I am a muff.
You bet I am a tough,"
Said the Blue Dragoon
"You bet that I am tough."
"Don't try it out with me,"
Said the Blue Dragoon.
Lest you may catch a flea,"
Said the Blue Dragoon.
"I'll take you o'er my knee
We'll have a little spree
You'll get the third degree,"
Said the Blue Dragoon
"You'll get the third degree."
"Please ring up the alarm,"
Said the Blue Dragoon.
"You bet I'll yank the palm,"
Said the Blue Dragoon.
"Yea evil cannot harm
My walking stick, pray calm
Thyself, I'll chant a psalm,"
Said the Blue Dragoon.
"The penitential psalm."