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First Line: Dawn, noon and dewfall! Bluebird and robin
Last Line: And fiddle on the kitchen wall a-jes' a-eechin' fer me!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Birds; Bluebirds; Dawn; Fish & Fishing; Noon; Robins; Sunrise


I

DAWN, noon and dewfall! Bluebird and robin
Up and at it airly, and the orchard-blossoms bobbin'!
Peekin' from the winder, half awake, and wishin'
I could go to sleep ag'in as well as go a-fishin'!

II

On the apern o' the dam, legs a-danglin' over,
Drowsy-like with sound o' worter and the smell o' clover:
Fish all out a-visitin' -- 'cept some dratted minnor!
Yes, and mill shet down at last and hands is gone to dinner.

III

Trompin' home acrost the fields: Lightnin'-bugs a-blinkin'
In the wheat like sparks o' things feller keeps a-thinkin': --
Mother waitin' supper, and the childern there to cherr me;
And fiddle on the kitchen wall a-jes' a-eechin' fer me!





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