"JUST A-LOAFIN'."

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1008, 24 December 1910, Page 15

"JUST A-LOAFIN'."

Oh, the red toss swimmin' in the bubbly crick, Where th<s shade is 'heavy, an' the brush . is thick; He is mighty knowin', and he's mighty sly, Jest a-loafin', jest a loadn; jest a-loafin' in the sun. For I jest can't histle when tho sky's so blue, An' the world's so shiny that it looks like new; When the'sunshine flickers through the poplar trees, An' the bassiyood's heavy with the buzzm bees, .'■'■■■ ' ■ So I'm loafing so .I'm-loafing so I'm loafin in the'sun. - There's a bobwhite whistles where the poppies, grow, An'-a cowbell tinkles in the marsh below, While a red squirrel chatters on a hick-ry limb, But I'm too durn lazy for a crack at ■■ him, Jest a-loafin', jest a-loafin', jest a- • ioafin in tho sun. Oh, there.'s joy. in livin' when tile days •. are long, . Jest to lay and listen to the southwind's song, Jes' to hear the chimin 5 of a fur-off bell— - Jes' a good-for-nothin' an 1 a ne'er-do- -. well—... ... Jes' a-loafin', jest a-loafm', jest a-loafin' . in. the sun. • • ... , »—, Francis A. Ludwigj in "The Outmg magazine. ,

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