[Original]

And a-watchin' back to see

Ef I wuz asleep—and then

Passin' in where 'Viry wuz—

And where, I declare, it does

'Pear to me I heerd him say,

Wild and glad and whisperin'—

'Peared-like heerd him say, says-ee

"Ah! I' got you home ag'in—

Home ag'in witn me!"