Читать книгу Come Hither: A Collection of Rhymes and Poems for the Young of All Ages - Various - Страница 95

Where do the gipsies come from?

The gipsies come from Egypt.

The fiery sun begot them,

Their dam was the desert dry.

She lay there stripped and basking,

And gave them suck for the asking,

And an Emperor's bone to play with,

Whenever she heard them cry.

What did the gipsies do there?

They built a tomb for Pharaoh,

They built a tomb for Pharaoh,

So tall it touched the sky.

They buried him deep inside it,

Then let what would betide it,

They saddled their lean-ribbed ponies

And left him there to die.

What do the gipsies do now?

They follow the Sun, their father,

They follow the Sun, their father,

They know not whither nor why.

Whatever they find they take it,

And if it's a law they break it.

So never you talk to a gipsy,

Or look in a gipsy's eye.

H. H. Bashford

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