Country Song Bell Jar



I don't fit well in Texas
With my leopard speckled hide
I stand out down in Arkansas
With my Italiano pride
I can't eat the food in Georgia
They put oregano is their sauce
I can't drink the wine in Virginny
Or get on an unsaddled hoss
I might not sing a country song
That a southern boy would fancy
But I sure can rope those cowboys in
More than Gina, Kate or Nancy!
For I'm the belle of any ball
Be it southern, north or west,
And I can win William Jefferson
If I were forty years or less!

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dedicated to my pal, the late Sandra Dilonardo

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Submitted by jawce1956 on August 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCBDEFGHIFIJKFL
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 490
Words 102
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16

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