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COME ALONG, YOU SPRING by DOUGLAS MALLOCH

First Line: COME ALONG, YOU SPRING! COME ALONG, YOU / FLOW'RS!
Last Line: WHEN YOU GIT HERE, SPRING -- AND I'LL SET SOME MORE!
Subject(s): SPRING;

Come along, you Spring! Come along, you flow'rs! --
I've just been settin' right here for hours,
I've just been waitin' for days and weeks
Till a bud comes up and a robin speaks.

I have put my chair in the warmest spot
When the sun was out (or the sun was not)
And I've watched for Spring while the long hours pass --
Come along, you Spring! Come along, you grass!

I have set and longed for the days of Spring,
For the buds and birds and for everything;
I have set and hoped for a robin's call
And the first green leaf on the viney wall.

Come along, you Spring, with the joys you've got!
I will set right here till you're on the spot.
Then I'll tilt my chair by the shanty door --
When you @3git@1 here, Spring -- and I'll set some more!



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