I'M not a-workin' now! -- I'm jes' a-layin' round A-lettin' @3other@1 people plow. -- @3I'm@1 cumberin' the ground! . . . I jes' don't @3keer!@1 -- I've done my sheer O' sweatin'! -- Anyhow, In this dad-blasted weather here, I'm not a-workin' @3now!@1 The corn and wheat and all Is doin' well enough! -- They' got clean on from now tel Fall To show what kind o' stuff 'At's in their @3own@1 dad-burn backbone; So, while the Scriptur's 'low Man ort to reap as he have sown -- I'm not a-workin' now! The grass en-nunder these- Here ellums 'long "Old Blue," And shadders o' the sugar-trees, Beats farmin' quite a few! As feller says, -- I ruther guess I'll make my comp'ny bow And @3snooze@1 a few hours -- more er less. -- I'm not a-workin' now! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON AN INTAGLIO HEAD OF MINERVA (1) by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH ON REFUSAL OF AID BETWEEN NATIONS by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE CLINGING VINE by ANTIPATER OF SIDON FALSORUM DEORUM CULTOR by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |