Dingley And Brent

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Title:     Dingley And Brent
Author: Jonathan Swift [More Titles by Swift]

Dingley and Brent[1]
A SONG

To the tune of "Ye Commons and Peers."

Dingley and Brent,
Wherever they went,
Ne'er minded a word that was spoken;
Whatever was said,
They ne'er troubled their head,
But laugh'd at their own silly joking.

Should Solomon wise
In majesty rise,
And show them his wit and his learning;
They never would hear,
But turn the deaf ear,
As a matter they had no concern in.

You tell a good jest,
And please all the rest;
Comes Dingley, and asks you, what was it?
And, curious to know,
Away she will go
To seek an old rag in the closet.

[Footnote 1: Dr. Swift's housekeeper.]

[The end]
Jonathan Swift's poem: Dingley And Brent

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