Lift Boy by Robert Graves (1895-1985) Let me tell you the story of how I began, I began as the knife-boy and ended as the boot-man, With nothing in my pockets but a jack-knife and a button, With nothing in my pockets but a jack-knife and a button, With nothing in my pockets. Let me tell you the story of how I went on: I began as the lift-boy and ended as the lift-man, With nothing in my pockets but a jack-knife and a button, With nothing in my pockets but a jack-knife and a button, With nothing in my pockets. I found it very ease to whistle and play With nothing in my head or my pockets all day, With nothing in my pockets. But along came Old Eagle, like Moses or David, He stopped at the fourth floor and preached me Damnation: Not a soul shall be saved, not one shall be saved. The whole First Creation shall forfeit salvation: From knife-boy to lift-boy, from ragged to regal, Not one shall be saved, not you, not Old Eagle, No soul on earth escapeth, even if all repent-- So I cut the cords of the lift and down we went, With nothing in our pockets. Lift Boy (Robert Graves) - Read by Dylan Thomas https://youtube/watch?v=r0IxWPCXHWY
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 19:18:10 +0000
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