Whiteh dan de snow, or des ez white.
Swing ’im to’ds de No’flan’,
Swing ’im to’ds de Eas’—
Woolly cloud a-comin’ fo’ t’ wrap ’im in ’is fleece!
Angel ban’ a-playin’—
Whut dat music sayin’?
“Sleep, mah li’l pigeon, don’ yo’ heah yo’ mammy coo?”
SONG OF THE BROOK
By Alfred Tennyson
I come from haunts of coot and hern: