Little Billy Poem : The Guards Came Through and Other Poems by Arthur Conan Doyle
Little Billy Poem
by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Not published in the first edition of The Guards Came Through.
Little Billy Poem
THE Doctor came at half-past one,
Little Billy saw him from the window.
The Doctor he was short and fat,
He hid a trumpet in his hat,
And spoke with his ear. You may all doubt that,
But Little Billy saw it from the window.
The Doctor left at half-past four.
Little Billy saw him from the window.
The Doctor’s head was white and bare.
Like an ostrich egg in a nest of hair,
The marble bounced right up in the air
When little Billy dropped it from the window.
The Doctor came with a small black bag,
Little Billy saw it from the window.
And what do you think he had in that?
Why, a great big howling, yowling brat,
With a voice like a discontented cat.
Little Billy heard it from the window.
And that’s how the new brother came,
While little Billy waited at the window.
“Who would have thought that Brother Jack
Would yell like that! They ought to pack
Him into the bag and send him back,”
Said angry little Billy at the window.
The Guards Came Through and Other Poems
Victrix Poem
Those Others Poem
The Guards Came Through Poem
Haig Is Moving Poem
The Guns In Sussex Poem
Ypres Poem
Grousing Poem
The Volunteer Poem
The Night Patrol Poem
The Bugles Of Canada Poem
The Wreck On Loch Mcgarry Poem
The Bigot Poem
The Athabasca Trail Poem
Ragtime! Poem
Christmas In Trouble Poem
To Carlo Poem
To Ronald Ross Poem
Little Billy Poem
Take Heart Poem
Retrospect Poem
Comrades Poem
Lindisfaire Poem
Holy Grail A Parable Poem
Fate Poem
