| Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922. |
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| Jerico |
| | | Willard Wattles |
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| JERICO, Jerico, | |
| Round and round the walls I go | |
| Where they watch with scornful eyes, | |
| Where the captained bastions rise; | |
| Heel and toe, heel and toe, | 5 |
| Blithely round the walls I go. | |
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| Jerico, Jerico, | |
| Round and round the walls I go … | |
| All the golden ones of earth | |
| Regal in their lordly mirth … | 10 |
| Heel and toe, heel and toe, | |
| Round and round the walls I go. | |
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| Jerico, Jerico, | |
| Blithely round the walls I go, | |
| With a broken sword in hand | 15 |
| Where the mighty bastions stand; | |
| Heel and toe, heel and toe, | |
| Hear my silly bugle blow. | |
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| Heel and toe, heel and toe, | |
| Round the walls of Jerico … | 20 |
| Past the haughty golden gate | |
| Where the emperor in state | |
| Smiles to see the ragged show, | |
| Round and round the towers go. | |
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| Jerico, Jerico, | 25 |
| Round and round and round I go … | |
| All their sworded bodies must | |
| Lie low in their tower’s dust … | |
| Heel and toe, heel and toe, | |
| Blithely round the walls I go. | 30 |
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| Heel and toe, heel and toe,— | |
| I will blow a thunder note | |
| From my brazen bugle’s throat | |
| Till the sand and thistle know | |
| The leveled walls of Jerico, | 35 |
| Jerico, Jerico, Jerico…. | |
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