SUMMAH's nice, wif sun a-shinin', Spring is good wif greens and grass, An' dey 's some t'ings nice 'bout wintah, Dough hit brings de freezin' blas; But de time dat is de fines', Whethah fiel's is green er brown, Is w'en de rain 's a-po'in' An' deys time to tinker 'roun. Den you men's de mule's ol' ha'ness, An' you men's de broken chair. Hummin' all de time you 's wo'kin' Some ol' common kind o' air. Evah now an' then you looks out, Tryin' mighty ha'd to frown, But you cain't, you 's glad hit 's rainin', An' dey 's time to tinker 'roun'. Oh, you 'ten's lak you so anxious Evah time it so't o' stops. W'en hit goes on, den you reckon Dat de wet 'll he'p de crops. But hit ain't de crops you 's aftah; You knows w'en de rain comes down Dat 's hit 's too wet out fu' wo'kin', An' dey 's time to tinker roun'. Oh, dey 's fun inside de co'n-crib, An' dey 's laffin' at de ba'n; An' dey 's allus some one jokin', Er some one to tell a ya'n. Dah 's a quiet in yo' cabin, Only fu' de rain's sof' soun'; So you 's mighty blessed happy W'en dey 's time to tinker 'roun'! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WALKING MAN OF RODIN by CARL SANDBURG THE BARON'S LAST BANQUET by ALBERT GORTON GREENE ARCADIA: THE BARGAIN by PHILIP SIDNEY NOVEMBER, 1806 by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH SONNET: THE RARITY OF GENIUS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH IN THE FOREST by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS |