"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,