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Riley Farm-Rhymes By: James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) |
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By James Whitcomb Riley Inscribed with all Grateful Esteem TO THE GOOD OLD FASHIONED PEOPLE The deadnin' and the thicket's jes' a b'ilin' full o' June,
From the rattle o' the cricket, to the yaller hammer's tune;
And the catbird in the bottom and the sap suck on the
snag,
Seems's ef they cain't od rot 'em! jes' do nothin' else
but brag! There' music in the twitter o' the bluebird and the jay,
And that sassy little critter jes' a peckin' all the day;
There' music in the "flicker," and there' music in the
thrush,
And there' music in the snicker o' the chipmunk in the
brush! There' music all around me! And I go back in a dream
Sweeter yit than ever found me fast asleep: And, in the
stream
That used to split the medder wher' the dandylions
growed,
I stand knee deep, and redder than the sunset down the
road.
CONTENTS
BROOK SONG, THE
CANARY AT THE FARM, A
CLOVER, THE
COUNTRY PATHWAY, A
GRIGGSBY'S STATION
HOW JOHN QUIT THE FARM
JUNE
KNEE DEEP IN JUNE
"MYLO JONES'S WIFE"
OLD FASHIONED ROSES
OLD MAN'S NURSERY RHYME
OLD OCTOBER
OLD WINTERS ON THE FARM
ORCHARD LANDS OF LONG AGO, THE
ROMANCIN'
SEPTEMBER DARK
SONG OF LONG AGO, A
TALE OF THE AIRLY DAYS, A
THOUGHTS FER THE DISCURAGED FARMER
TREE TOAD, THE
UP AND DOWN OLD BRANDYWINE
WET WEATHER TALK
WHEN EARLY MARCH SEEMS MIDDLE MAY
WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN
WHEN THE GREEN GITS BACK IN THE TREES
WHERE THE CHILDREN USED TO PLAY
WORTERMELON TIME RILEY FARM RHYMES
THE ORCHARD LANDS OF LONG AGO
The orchard lands of Long Ago!
O drowsy winds, awake, and blow
The snowy blossoms back to me,
And all the buds that used to be!
Blow back along the grassy ways
Of truant feet, and lift the haze
Of happy summer from the trees
That trail their tresses in the seas
Of grain that float and overflow
The orchard lands of Long Ago! Blow back the melody that slips
In lazy laughter from the lips
That marvel much if any kiss
Is sweeter than the apple's is.
Blow back the twitter of the birds
The lisp, the titter, and the words
Of merriment that found the shine
Of summer time a glorious wine
That drenched the leaves that loved it so,
In orchard lands of Long Ago! O memory! alight and sing
Where rosy bellied pippins cling,
And golden russets glint and gleam,
As, in the old Arabian dream,
The fruits of that enchanted tree
The glad Aladdin robbed for me!
And, drowsy winds, awake and fan
My blood as when it overran
A heart ripe as the apples grow
In orchard lands of Long Ago!
WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in
the shock,
And you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin'
turkey cock,
And the clackin' of the guineys, and the cluckin' of the
hens,
And the rooster's hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence;
O, it's then's the times a feller is a feelin' at his best,
With the risin' sun to greet him from a night of peaceful
rest,
As he leaves the house, bare headed, and goes out to feed
the stock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the
shock. They's something kindo' harty like about the atmusfere
When the heat of summer's over and the coolin' fall is
here
Of course we miss the flowers, and the blossums on the
trees,
And the mumble of the hummin' birds and buzzin' of the
bees;
But the air's so appetizin'; and the landscape through the
haze
Of a crisp and sunny morning of the airly autumn days
Is a pictur' that no painter has the colorin' to mock
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the
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