Wishin’

What’s the use a-wishin’,

     A-wishin’ every day;

A-wishin’ every minute

     Yewr golden time away?

Some folks are born a-wishin’,

     An’ wish until they die;

An’ die a-wishin’, wishin’

     They had another try.

What’s the use a-wishin’,

     A-wishin’ any day?

Ef yew are gon’ter git it,

     Yew’ll git it anyway.

So don’t be wishin’, wishin’,

     It won’t do any good.

Wish I could stop a-wishin’,

     I really wish I could.

May 22, ‘99