MY Grampa he's a-allus sayin', "Sing a song o' cheer!" -- And wunst I says "What kind @3is@1 them?" He says, -- "The kind to @3hear.@1 -- 'Cause they're the songs that @3Nature@1 sings, In ever' bird that twitters!" "Well, @3whipperwills@1 and @3doves,"@1 says I, "Hain't over-cheery critters!" "Then don't you sing like @3them,"@1 he says -- "Ner @3guinny-hens,@1 my dear -- Ner @3peafowls@1 nuther (drat the boy!) @3You sing a song o' cheer!"@1 I can't sing nothin' anyhow; But, comin' home, to'rds night, I kind o' sort o' kep' a-whistlin' "Old -- Bob -- White!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE DEATH OF A CAT by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE SPINNING-WHEEL [SONG] by JOHN FRANCIS WALLER THE WHITE CHARGER by ABUS SALT PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 25. AL-MUHIZZ by EDWIN ARNOLD THE PILGRIM FATHERS by LEONARD BACON (1802-1881) THE COMET by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES TO THE OBELISK DURING THE GREAT FROST, 1881 by MATHILDE BLIND |