Archibald Stodart-Walker

Early Bacon

  • EARLY bacon, early bacon!
  • Oh, the pleasant sight to see,
  • Sires come down for early bacon,
  • With an egg and pot of tea.
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  • Early bacon, early bacon!
  • Oh, the happy hours I fed,
  • Deep in joy on early bacon,
  • Coming from a comfy bed.
  •  
  • Early bacon, early bacon!
  • That's the breakfast dish for me,
  • All alone with early bacon
  • With the paper on my knee!
© estate of Archibald Stodart-Walker
Moxford Book of English Verse, 1913; re-printed in: A Century of Humorous Verse 1850-1950, London: Dent, 1959.

Editor's Note:

This is a humorous takeoff on Charles Kingsley's (1819-1875) poetic ballad 'Airly Beacon':

Airly Beacon

  • AIRLY Beacon, Airly Beacon;
  • O the pleasant sight to see
  • Shires and towns from Airly Beacon,
  • While my love climb'd up to me!
  •  
  • Airly Beacon, Airly Beacon;
  • O the happy hours we lay
  • Deep in fern on Airly Beacon,
  • Courting through the summer's day!
  •  
  • Airly Beacon, Airly Beacon;
  • O the weary haunt for me,
  • All alone on Airly Beacon,
  • With his baby on my knee!

(1858)