WHEN Uncle Sidney he comes here -- An' Fred an' me an' Min, -- My Ma she says she bet you yet The roof'll tumble in! Fer Uncle he ist @3romps@1 with us: An' wunst, out in our shed, He telled us 'bout the Doodle-Bugs, An' what they'll do, he said, Ef you'll ist holler "Doodle-Bugs!" -- Out by our garden-bed -- "Doodle-Bugs! Doodle-Bugs! Come up an' git some bread!" Ain't Uncle Sidney funny man? -- "He's childish 'most as me" -- My Ma sometimes she tells him that -- "He ac's so foolishly!" W'y, wunst, out in our garden-path, Wite by the pie-plant bed, He all sprawled out there in the dirt An' ist scrooched down his head, An' "Doodle! Doodle! Doodle-Bugs!" My Uncle Sidney said, -- "Doodle-Bugs! Doodle-Bugs! Come up an' git some bread!" An' nen he showed us little holes All bored there in the ground, An' little weenty heaps o' dust 'At's piled there all around: An' Uncle said, when he's like us, Er purt' nigh big as Fred, That wuz the Doodle-Bugs's Charm -- To call 'em up, he said: -- "Doodle! Doodle! Doodle-Bugs!" An' they'd poke out their head -- "Doodle-Bugs! Doodle-Bugs! Come up an' git some bread!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HIPPOLYTUS TEMPORIZES by HILDA DOOLITTLE THE EVENING CLOUD by JOHN WILSON (1785-1854) THE VILLAGE MUNITIONS CO., INC.; FORMERLY THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE TIMES by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ON THE TRAIN by RUTH NOEL BENNETT BEYOND THE ATOM by JANICE BLANCHARD |