Living

Tinker, Come Bring Your Solder

by Mary Mapes Dodge 1831–1905

From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)

Living

Tinker, come bring your solder,
And mend this watch for me.
Haymaker, get some fodder,
And give my cat his tea.
Cobbler, my horse is limping,
He'll have to be shod anew;
While the smith brings forge and hammer
To make my daughter a shoe.
Bestir yourselves, my lazies!
I give you all fair warning:
You must do your work 'twixt twelve at night,
And an hour before one in the morning.

MLA

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Tinker, Come Bring Your Solder.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/141/.

Chicago

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Tinker, Come Bring Your Solder.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/141/.

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