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My Unionsuit Lost a Dag Gum Button

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Dag gum it, my unionsuit lost a button,
must’ve been a confounded Confed’ a’took it
stole it to sew up his Johnny Reb with it
pro’bly hid it in his mutton whilst I wasn’t’a lookin’...


(unionsuits)

My Stars 'n Stripes a’gitten  a’blisterin’ cold
in the cool night breeze thats a’stirin’ t’night
gotta find my Long John unionsuit button
ain’t no use in bein’ loosey-goosin’ t’night...


(pettycoats)

I see my button- on that dag gum pettycoat
I can’t rustle steer with my pee hole a’flappin’
gonna’ git me some help frum the dag gum unioncoats
gonna git it back whilst the women ‘r yappin’
can’t rustle longhorns with my pee hole a’flappin’
gonna git it back frum that dag gum pettycoat...


(the button brigade)




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  • Haygood gold member
    September 9

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    This is just...

    something...Who'd thought a button would make a poem...well not the button but you about the button...you get the idea. I really enjoyed the picture illistration to go with it. This was quite a tale. I liked the part;
    I see my button- on that dag gum pettycoat
    I can’t rustle steer with my pee hole a’flappin’
    I would have never thought that to be a problem in the west...changed my mind. Thank you for the entry.


  • Rheea gold member
    September 1

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    This was so funny and creative you made a moving picture in my mind.


  • SpydurPoet gold member
    September 1

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    :: blink blink ::
    :: falls out of wheelchair laughing ::
    I LOVE this. I love this and I love you for writing it. This was just too awesome.
    Write on.
    ~*~SP~*~


    • wbiro gold member
      September 2
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      glad you liked my history lesson...! [picking you up and putting you back in your wheelchair...]


  • Pattiboo silver member
    September 1

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    very amusing

    I like the repeat pee hole flapping I had visions of Lee Marvin in his red long johns in Paint Your Wagon.

    Good luck in the competition

    • wbiro gold member
      September 2
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      thanks, seems I've missed some American culture... (haven't seen the movie...! ) and I was considering using a metaphor for 'pee hole'- a bit stark of an image, that... maybe 'Union Jack'... but I don't know, maybe it worked... lol (kind of like peeking in on men-talk)...

  • Bad Bill
    September 1

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    Imaginative, original and amusing - great stuff!

    Cheers,
    Bill

  • Synchronicity gold member
    September 1

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    Character and humor

    Wow, this was a head-turnin' experience and a mini history lesson to boot! What imagination! You've got a firm hand on the dialect, no doubt about that. This poem took me back to a simpler time when cowboys thought about things like their underwear and were quick to get back "what were rightfully mine", even if it meant russlin' a few petticoats. The humor is an added treat. I liked the pictures, especially the unionsuits and the petticoats. I don't think I would have been able to visualize that from words alone. Cute title, loaded with character.


    • wbiro gold member
      September 2

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      here here, here's to simpler times... (when we only thought about our underwear...! )


  • trekkergirl
    September 1

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    hehehehehe I really heard this spoken by a real "red"... great job. You really wrote this well. I liked it. Thanks for sharing this.


    • wbiro gold member
      September 2
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      now if we can only get Kirk to recite the lines, they can have a Wild West episode...

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