SPRING FEVER

Not exactly lazy—

Yet I want to sit

In the mornin’ hazy

An’ jest dream a bit.

Haven’t got ambition

Fer a single thing—

Regaler condition

Ev’ry bloomin’ Spring.

Want to sleep at noontime

(Ought to work instead),

But along at moontime

Hate to go to bed.

Find myself a-stealin’

Fer a sunny spot—

Jest that Springy feelin’,

That is what I’ve got.

Like to set a-wishin’

Fer a pipe an’ book,

Like to go a-fishin’

In a meadow-brook

With some fish deceiver,

Underneath a tree—

Jest the old Spring fever,

That’s what’s ailing me!