Ah heah a mockeh oberhead,

De sweetest froat ob all.

'Why do yo' sing?' Ah stop en ask,

En den Ah heah her say;

'Dis am mah daily sunup task,

A sahanade to Day.'

"Songs ob sunrise joy when de darkness fades away,

De mockeh in de treetop sing a welcum song to Day.

"Ah brush among de meddeh lan's

Wheh yelleh-jackets hum;