"The deadnin' and the thicket's jest a-bilin' full of June, 

 From the rattle o' the cricket, to the yallar-hammer's tune ; 

 And the catbird in the bottom, and the sapsuck on the snag, 

 Seems ef they can't od-rot 'em! jest do nothin' else but brag! " 



James Whitcomb Hlley. 



