Home Again With Me

 
Jonas bantered me, and 'greed
To sing one 'at town-folks sing
Down at Split Stump 'er High-Low —
 
 
Some new "ballet," said, 'at he'd
Learnt – about "The Grapevine Swing."
And when he quit, I begun
To chune up my voice and run
Through the what's-called "scales" and "do
Sol-me-rays" I ust to know —
Then let loose old favorite one,
"Hunters o' Kentucky!" My!
Tel I thought the boy would die!
And we both laughed…
 
 
Yes, and still
Heerd more laughin', top the hill;
Fer we'd missed Elviry's train,
And she'd lit out 'crosst the fields —
Dewdrops dancin' at her heels, —
And cut up old Smoots's lane
So's to meet us. And there in
Shadder o' the chinkypin,
With a danglin' dogwood-bough
Bloomin' 'bove her – See her now! —
 
 
Sunshine sort o' flickerin' down
And a kind o' laughin' all
Round her new red parasol,
Try'n' to git at her!– well – like
I jumped out and showed 'em how!
Yes, and jes the place to strike
That-air mouth o' hern – as sweet
As the blossoms breshed her brow
Er sweet-williams round her feet —
 
 
White and blushy, too, as she
"Howdy'd" up to Jonas and
Jieuked her head and waved her hand.
"Hey!" says I, as she bounced in
The spring-wagon, reachin' back
To give me a lift, "whoop-ee! "
I-says-ee, "you're home agin —
Home agin with me!"
 
 
Lord! how wild she wuz and glad,
Gittin' home! – and things she had