Welcome, Spring

O, Spring, will you excuse us, please

     For everything we’ve writ

About the winter and the fall,

     We’ve made a mess of it.

We got our dates mixed up, you see,

     We thought the fall was due;

Instead of springing winter songs

     We should have sung of you!

You see we followed calendar

     And old-time almanac,

And thought for sure ‘twas wintertime,

     But now we take it back.

Hail spring, most beautiful and fair,

     Hail springtime, soft and sweet!

Hereafter we will have a care

     And not get off our beat.

Nov. 23, ‘09