None of That City Water for Them

I think I will pass on that.

None of that City Water for Them

 

By Elton Camp

 

We have friends who tap water won’t drink

They complain about both its taste and stink

 

Instead of using the public water supply

To get it from a spring or well they try

 

The spring on the edge of town many thrill

They don’t see the septic tanks on the hill

 

Some spend to have their own well drilled

From it, keep their drinking vessels filled

 

But it hasn’t been treated with chlorine

The danger of that they haven’t yet seen

 

The neighbor’s hog pen they don’t see

Nor when his sons go outside to pee

 

Now I prefer what comes out of the pipe

For I have found no reason at all to gripe

 

 

Reviews

[Marie]

I drank well water while I was growing up, and I can't remember it as being any better than what comes out of the city supplied taps now.