But if you wanted her to work

She never could be found;

And, mebby, if you scoured the farm

And all the country round,

You'd find her sittin' in a tree

A-whistlin' o' the tune

She'd heered the medder lark a-singin'

To the skies o' June.

And so one nite I called 'em in,

I think jest arter tea.