Josiar seemed uneasy,
An’ mother, she began to call:
“Loweezy! Come, Loweezy!”
An’ then Josiar spoke right up,
As I wos just a startin’
An’ said, “Loweezy, what’s the use
Of us two ever partin?”
It kind o’ took me by surprise,
An’ yet I knew ’twas comin’—
I’d heard it all the summer long