Here with-in the leaf-y shade.

What! you will not join our par-ty?

Sil-ly pup, you are a-fraid!”

But a meek re-proach is ly-ing

In those eyes so brown and large;

One can al-most hear him cry-ing,

“I have mas-ter’s stick in charge!”

Pret-ty, mirth-ful, sau-cy crea-tures—

Let them play their mer-ry part!

How can their light kit-ten-na-tures