“After all,” she said to herself, “there are more ways of singing than one.”
MISTER HOP-TOAD
James Whitcomb Riley
Howdy, Mister Hop-Toad! Glad to see you out!
Bin a month o’ Sundays since I seen you hereabout.
Kind o’ bin a-layin’ in, from the frost and snow?
Glad to see you out ag’in, it’s been so long ago.