A Row on the Po

When in Turin, can you row? Why yes, said Bette, here you can row. Yes, oh yes...right on the Po! Your experience, though, I'd like to know. Can you row a boat of four?

I can row that boat and more. I can row a boat of two. Is this something I can do Here on the Po? Go for a row? In a boat of two or more? I've coached, I've taught, I've rowed six years. If I can't row, I'll be in tears.

Got blistered hands, just as I wished.

Can you arrive at six o'clock? I've got a spot, at six o'clock.

I can come at six, indeed! Starboard, port...what do you need? Coxswain, stroke, I'll even bow. Tell me, tell me...tell me now!

I rowed a four. I rowed a double. I rowed for miles without much trouble. Rowed with learners, rowed with kids. Saw some egrets, yes I did. Oared in hazy morning mist, Got blistered hands, just as I wished. Under bridges built of stone On quiet water, quite alone. Past some fishers on the shore, I got to row, and row some more!