Yawcob Strauss and Other Poems/Yaw, Dot Ish So!
YAW, DOT ISH SO!
- Yaw, dot ish so! Yaw, dot ish so!
- "Dis vorldt vas all a fleeting show."
- I shmokes mine pipe,
- I trinks mine bier,
- Und efry day to vork I go;
- "Dis vorldt vas all a fleeting show;"
- "Yaw, dot ish so !
- Yaw, dot ish so! Yaw, dot ish so!
- I don'd got mooch down here below,
- I eadt and trink,
- I vork und shleep,
- Und find oudt, as I oldter grow,
- I haf a hardter row to hoe;
- Yaw, dot ish so!
- Yaw, dot ish so! Yaw, dot ish so!
- Dis vorldt don'd gife me haf a show;
- Somedings to vear,
- Some food to eadt;
- Vot else ? Shust vait a minude, dough;
- Katriua, und der poys! Oho!
- Yaw, dot ish so!
- Yaw, dot ish so! Yaw, dot ish so!
- Dis vorldt don'd been a fleeting show.
- I haf mine frau,
- I haf mine poys,
- To cheer me daily, as I go;
- Dot's pest as anydings I know;
- Yaw, dot ish so!