I was jest a-gittin’ used ter hearin’ that bird,
When a cat-bird
Started in ter yowl an’ sputter, julluk Tabby
When she’s gabby;
Then some swallers, chickadees, an’ whippoorwills
Give me thrills,
An’ I tell ye I was altergether foozled,
Jes’ bamboozled,
Ez I watched that clever cynnic keep a-rockin’
An’ a-mockin’,