Ripe ez cherries, red an' round,

Puckered up to make the sound.

She was lookin' in the spring,

Whistlin' to beat anything,—

"Kitty Dale" er "In the Sweet."

I was jest so mortal beat

That I can't quite ricoleck

What the toon was, but I 'speck

'T was some hymn er other, fur

Hymny things is jest like her.