Better Gutenberg
Free, beautifully formatted public-domain ebooks
‹Better GutenbergThe Golden Whales of CaliforniaDavy Jones’ Door-Bell · 22 of 59Contents›

The Golden Whales of California

by Vachel Lindsay

22 of 59 · Contents · Download EPUB

Davy Jones’ Door-Bell

A Chant for Boys with Manly Voices.

Every line sung one step deeper than the line preceding.

Any sky-bird sings,
    “Ring, ring!”
Any church-chime calls,
    “Dong ding!”
Any cannon says,
    “Boom bang!”
Any whirlwind says,
    “Whing whang!”
The bell-buoy hums and roars,
    “Ding dong!”
And way down deep,
Where fishes throng,
By Davy Jones’ big deep-sea door,
Shaking the ocean’s flowery floor,
His door-bell booms
    “Dong dong,
    Dong dong,”
Deep, deep down,
    “Clang boom,
    Boom dong,
    Boom dong,
    Boom dong!”

← Back to The Golden Whales of California

Scroll to Top