Davy Jones' Door-Bell Poem by Vachel Lindsay

Davy Jones' Door-Bell

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A Chant for Boys with Manly Voices
(Every line sung one step deeper than the line preceding)

Any sky-bird sings,
Ring, ring!
Any church-chime rings,
Dong ding!
Any cannon says,
Boom bang!
Any whirlwind says,
Whing whang!
The bell-buoy hums and roars,
Ding dong!
And way down deep,
Where fishes throng,
By Davy Jones' big deep?sea door,
Shaking the ocean's flowery floor,
His door-bell booms
Dong dong,
Dong dong,
Deep, deep down,
Clang boom,
Boom dong.

Saturday, April 10, 2010
Topic(s) of this poem: voices
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Vachel Lindsay

Vachel Lindsay

Springfield, Illinois
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