"Oh, you quit,—you sassy dunce,
You jest caught me whistlin' once."
FOOTNOTE:
[64] By permission of Dodd, Mead & Co.
CANDLE-LIGHTIN' TIME[65]
Paul Laurence Dunbar
When I come in f'om de co'n-fiel' aftah wukin' ha'd all day,
It's amazin' nice to fin' my suppah all erpon de way;
An' it's nice to smell de coffee bubblin' ovah in de pot,