Ef de sweet pertater fails us an' de go'geous yallah yam,

We kin tek a bit o' comfo't f'om ouah sto' o' summah jam.

W'en de snow hit git to flyin', dat's de Mastah's own desiah,

De Lawd'll run de wintah an' yo' mammy'll run de fiah.

I ain' skeered because de win' hit staht to raih and blow,

I ain't bothahed w'en he come er rattlin' at de do',

Let him taih hisse'f an' shout, let him blow an' bawl,

Dat's de time de branches shek an' bresh-wood 'mence to fall.

W'en de sto'm er railin' an' de shettahs blowin' 'bout,

Dat de time de fiah-place crack hits welcome out.