Ezra Hay’s Anticipation

“Uv course I’m glad to hev the spring

     Git here,” says Ezry Hay,

“So’s I kin plough ag’in, an’ git

     My garden under way.

I like to see things comin’ up

     An’ growin’ ev’ry day;

But I’ve got other reasons, too,”

     Says uncle Ezry Hay.

“I’ve been cooped up all winter long,

     Hain’t been out anywhere;

Hain’t even been a show in town

     This winter, I declare.

But followin’ the plantin’ time,

     An’ Mister robin’s song,

It won’t be very long afore

     The circus comes along.

“I don’t mind stayin’ in so much,

     Nor workin’ hard all spring

With knowin’ that ‘fore very long

     I’m goin’ to hev my fling!

An’ that is why I’m glad it’s spring,

     So I can till the ground,

But more becuz the circus folks

     Will soon be comin’ round.”

March 22, ‘10