Kind o' browned from last night's rain?

'Pears like home has got the start

When the goal's a feller's heart.

What's as good as that there jay

Screechin' up'ards towards the gray

Skies? An' tell me, what's as fine

As that full-leafed pumpkin vine?

Tow'rin' buildin's—? yes, they're good;

But in sight o' field and wood,

Then a feller understan's