How they gabble, how they scrabble
As to rest they flit.
“Peep, peep, tweet, tweet, wee, wee, wee!”
How they hurry, how they scurry,
Noisy as can be.
“Tr’r, tr’r, sh, sh, do be still,
You’re no wood thrush, wish you could hush,
You know you can’t trill.”
“Tr’r, tr’r, r’r, r’r, yip, peep, peep,
You’re another, I’ll tell mother,