"Come in f'om dat waller,

Don't I see you, boy?"

Wen de snow 's a-sievin'

Down ez sof ez meal,

Whut 's de use o' livin'

'Cept you got de feel

Of de stuff dat's fallin'

'Roun' an' white an' damp,

'Dout some one a-callin',

"Come in hyeah, you scamp!"