Down the lane, as I went humming, humming,

Who should I see coming

But May Marjory!

“What was that I heard you humming, humming,

As you saw me coming?

Prithee, tell!” said she.

“Oh,” I smiled, “I was just humming, humming,

As I saw you coming

Where boughs met above,—

And the crickets kept on thrumming, thrumming,