The Naturalist

Wish I wuz a little frog

Way down in a medder bog,

Dozin’ all day in the sun;

Bet I’d hev no end uv fun –

                  “No?”

Wish I wuz a tree tud then,

Down on Lizzard Crick ergen

Squattin’ on a chestnut stump,

Lookin’ crost tur Gungawamp –

                  “No?”

Bet I’d like tur be a cat

Snoozin’ all day on the mat;

Or a dorg or horse or cow,

Or a sumpthin’, anyhow –

                  “No?”

Like tur be a lazy cuss

‘Thout no dressin’ up nur fuss;

Good fur nothin’, hengin’ roun’,

Jest a-holdin’ sumpthin’ down –

             Guess I’ll be!

May 23, ‘00

Ac. by Puck