Jack and Jill Part II

A harrowing poem by: Gumby

Jack and Jill went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of coal.

When Jack went down,
He almost drown,
In the flooded rooms below.

Back down the hill and into town,
Jill went about and asked around,
For who could bail her brother out.

“Ask Thomas Savery,” someone said,
“He says the ‘Miner’s Friend’
Would make the water come right out.”

Back through town and up the hill to the mine,
They raced to the scene of the crime.
Down went the Miner’s Friend,
To the drowning Jack below.

“Start the fire boy,”
Boomed the engineer.
“Pour the coals to it!”

Jack sat around,
And tapped his crown,
Waiting on the Miner’s Friend.

Just about a day later,
The Miner’s Friend was done,
And out came Jack to live another day.