The Lonesomest Spot

The lonesomest place in the world fur me

Ain’t out in the country, no sir-ee;

Out under the trees were the grass is green,

Where no voice is heard an’ no face is seen,

Where there ain’t no rumble uv cars or carts,

No babble uv voices or throb uv hearts;

Thet ain’t the lonesomest place fur me.

The lonesomest spot I ever see

Wuz in town where foks wuz so thick

They fairly covered each other stone an’ brick,

Where the human stream wuz on the go,

All day, all night, with its ebb an’ flow;

Not a soul I knew, an' that to me

Wuz the lonesomest place I ever see!

June 1, 1913