Love
Suzon
From Embers (1895)
O mealman white, give me your daughter,
Oh, give her to me, your sweet Suzon!
O mealman dear, you can do no better,
For I have a chateau at Malmaison.
Black charcoalman, you shall not have her
She shall not marry you, my Suzon--
A bag of meal, and a sack of carbon!
Non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non
Go look at your face, my fanfaron,
For my daughter and you would be night and day.
Non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non,
Not for your chateau at Malmaison;
Non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non,
You shall not marry her, my Suzon.
Cite this poem
MLA
Parker, Gilbert. “Suzon.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/parker_g/123/.
Chicago
Parker, Gilbert. “Suzon.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/parker_g/123/.
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