Ancient Music
Pound, Ezra (1885-1972)

Winter is icummen in,
Lhude sing Goddamm,
Raineth drop and straineth slop,
And how the wind doth ramm!
            Sing:  Goddamm.
Skiddeth bus and sloppeth us,
An ague hath my ham.
Freezeth river, turneth liver,
            Damn you, sing:  Goddamm.
Goddamm, Goddamm, 'tis why I am, Goddamm.
            So 'gainst the winter's balm.
Sing goddamm, damm, sing Goddamm,
Sing goddamm, sing goddamm, DAMM.









The Oxford Book of American Light Verse (Harmon)