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Recuerdo By Edna St. Vincent Millay We were very tired, we were very merry--- We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry. It was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable--- But we looked into a fire, we leaned across a table, We lay on a hill-top underneath the moon; And the whistles kept blowing and the dawn came soon. |
Ricardo by Anitra Freeman We were very redneck, we were very hairy. We had run around all night trying to catch a fairy. They were bold and bright, they ran fast and far-- So we gave it up, and headed for a bar. We lay in the gutter underneath the moon; And the sirens kept blowing, and the dawn came soon. |
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We were very tired, we were very merry--- We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry; And you ate an apple, and I ate a pear, From a dozen of each we had bought somewhere; And the sky went wan, and the wind came cold, The sun rose dripping, a bucketful of gold. |
We were very redneck, we were very hairy. We had run around all night trying to catch a fairy. And you ate a taco, and I ate an egg, And the health department's still looking for the yegg; And your skin went pale, and I caught a chill, And your nose was dripping, and I felt quite ill. |
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We were very tired, we were very merry--- We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry. We hailed, "Good morrow, mother!" to a shawl-covered head, And bought a morning paper, which neither of us read; And she wept, "God bless you!" for the apples and pears, And we gave her all our money but our subway fares. |
We were very redneck, we were very hairy. We had run around all night trying to catch a fairy. We hailed "Hello, you mother!" to a dread-locked head, And ran away like blazes, quite certain we were dead; We were mugged by a gang for our jackets and shoes, And they took all our money. We didn't make the news. |