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Title: Riley Farm-Rhymes

Author: James Whitcomb Riley

Release Date: December, 2003 [Etext #4783]
Posting Date: January 25, 2010

Language: English

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RILEY FARM-RHYMES

By James Whitcomb Riley

Inscribed with all Grateful Esteem

TO THE GOOD OLD-FASHIONED PEOPLE

The deadnin' and the thicket's jes' a b'ilin' full o' June,
From the rattle o' the cricket, to the yaller-hammer's tune;
And the catbird in the bottom and the sap-suck on the
snag,
Seems's ef they cain't--od-rot-'em!--jes' do nothin' else
but brag!

There' music in the twitter o' the bluebird and the jay,
And that sassy little critter jes' a-peckin' all the day;
There' music in the "flicker," and there' music in the
thrush,
And there' music in the snicker o' the chipmunk in the
brush!--

There' music all around me!--And I go back--in a dream
Sweeter yit than ever found me fast asleep:--And, in the
stream
That used to split the medder wher' the dandylions
growed,
I stand knee-deep, and redder than the sunset down the
road.

CONTENTS

BROOK SONG, THE
CANARY AT THE FARM, A
CLOVER, THE
COUNTRY PATHWAY, A
GRIGGSBY'S STATION
HOW JOHN QUIT THE FARM
JUNE
KNEE-DEEP IN JUNE
"MYLO JONES'S WIFE"
OLD-FASHIONED ROSES
OLD MAN'S NURSERY RHYME
OLD OCTOBER
OLD WINTERS ON THE FARM
ORCHARD LANDS OF LONG AGO, THE
ROMANCIN'
SEPTEMBER DARK
SONG OF LONG AGO, A
TALE OF THE AIRLY DAYS, A
THOUGHTS FER THE DISCURAGED FARMER
TREE-TOAD, THE
UP AND DOWN OLD BRANDYWINE
WET-WEATHER TALK
WHEN EARLY MARCH SEEMS MIDDLE MAY
WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN
WHEN THE GREEN GITS BACK IN THE TREES
WHERE THE CHILDREN USED TO PLAY
WORTERMELON TIME

RILEY FAR