"What makes ye look so anxious an' what makes

ye speak so low?"

"It's 'cause I'm thinkin' of a place where I'm

a-goin' to go.

"This here I've, been a-tinkerin' which lays acrost

my knee

"Is the axe that I'm a-usin' fer to fell the ven'son-

tree."

I've polished up the iron an' I've covered it with ile,

Its bit is only half an inch, its helve is half a