Mythology & Folklore

Davy Jones' Door-Bell

by Vachel Lindsay 1879–1931

From The Golden Whales of California (1920)

Mythology & Folklore

[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!"

MLA

Lindsay, Vachel. “Davy Jones' Door-Bell.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lindsay/188/.

Chicago

Lindsay, Vachel. “Davy Jones' Door-Bell.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lindsay/188/.

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