<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=390730" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Trouble and Strife</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hear the shouts from the market stalls, <br>Where the vendors with their raucous calls, <br>Cry, 'Roll up, Ladies. here's a bargain, <br>Said to all in their 'Cockney' jargon.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Come buy it for your 'Trouble and Strife'.<br>Meaning, do buy it for the wife.<br>'Some too, for your 'Skin and Blister', <br>That has to be your loving Sister.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You just won't 'Adam and Eve' the price, <br>But do 'believe' it's good merchandise.<br>Perhaps you could purchase a 'Whistle and Flute', <br>A very smart, new and 'with it' suit.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Or maybe some'Daisy Roots' for your feet, <br>Some boots now for your 'Plates of Meat'.<br>Or how about a 'Weasel and Stoat'.<br>A very posh warming, winter coat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If you decide to 'Rabbit and Pork', <br>Then go ahead and have a talk, <br>Using your very own 'North and South', <br>Because to speak comes from the mouth.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Bacon and Eggs' and 'Biscuits and Cheese', <br>Are all about your legs and your knees.<br>And when you're tired use the 'Apples and Pears', <br>For you will find your bedroom's up the stairs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Going to get something for your 'Manhole Cover', <br>Would be a present for your 'Bruvver', <br>Or for that very old 'Cock Sparrow', <br>Possibly your aged friend or barrow.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Toys are just right for the 'Teapot Lids', <br>That will keep busy those noisy kids, <br>And you could relax with a 'Linen Draper', <br>Reading the news from your newspaper.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To finish, how about a 'Rosie Lee', <br>A cup of delicious refreshing tea<br>Otherwise, a glass of 'Fine and Dandy', <br>Which is something stronger, and that's a brandy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You may not understand one 'Dicky Bird', <br>For each thing, these 'Cockneys' have a word.<br>But don't try to get me on the 'Dog and Bone', <br>I'LL PHONE YOU! ! ! ! ! ! .</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ernestine+Northover">Ernestine Northover</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=390730" data-title="Trouble and Strife de Ernestine Northover" data-description="Hear the shouts from the market stalls, Where the vendors with their raucous calls, Cry, 'Roll up, Ladies. here's a bargain, Said to all in their 'Cockney' jargon. 'Come buy it for your 'Trouble and Strife'. Meaning, do buy it for the wife. 'S..."></div> </div> </div>

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