DINGLEY AND BRENT by Jonathan Swift

 DINGLEY AND BRENT 

by Jonathan Swift

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.