Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-09


Mockin'bu'd jess mon bin havin' good
time. He set out in de woods an sing an.
holler an whustle an go LAX de cat-bu'd
he fool EN- all: dey s'posen 'twuz der mates
calm 'ern, an yer dey come a-hyin'; an
bless goodness. 'twan't muffin but OIL
at 'em. Sometimes he'd go LAX hull nes'-
ful er young buds wen sumpn done got
after EN-. an den de oil buds nd come a.
twltter1n' an a-fussin'. skeert outer der
but him ag.n. TURF buds git clean wo'
out wild him an dey ses ter one nu'rr.
'Nemmine. dat OIL bag-er-shucks swine GIT
his comeuppance yit. you see eff he don: ei
mex. he pick hisse'f up an fly off to,des
de white folkses' house an: perch hisse.f up
on tree In de yard. Fus he'd go lax a
dog. an de cat she'd hump her back an,
climb up de smoke house ter git
way FUN de dogs: an den he'd 60
an de cat she'd slsite down often de roof to
her kitten. Den he'd go lax a dog agtn an
she mex fer de roof onct mo-. He KEEP DAT
up 'twel he got her fair stracted. but las
hit come inter her min jes ter teck de kit
ten in her mouf an climb up on de roof wild
hit. Mockin-bu'd he see he KANT poster
her no mo-. so he 'mence ter cry lax a HI
chickin wild hawk after hit. an yer come
Mis- Hen Wild her feeders all ruined and her
wings spread out, an yer come de white
| folks wild gun ter shoot de hawk. an
I 'twan't no hawk ter be seen. He fool EN-
| all SO often dat he got EN- disguised. same
| ez he done de buds De white folks wuz
| gwine shoot him, but one'r de white gals
| whar wuZ havin' a beau cote her bout dat
| time say dey 'bleeged ter spart him, 'kase
| he come an set on de chimbly 'mongs' de
| ivry-vines an sing so sweet in de moon
light.
| We'll. de wedder git hotter an hotter, an
| las long come Mfstah Dry-fy jes' a-hol-
| lerin' an kyaryin on, day in an day out. no
| let up: SCUM fer all de worl lax Of husty
| buzz-saw. Mockin' bud no sooner year him
dan he say ter hisse'f, sezee: Hi! vi. wat
kind er noise is dat? mu' twis' my mouf
| roun dat SCUM an den do III projeckin'
| wild hit 'mongs' de creeturs.'
| Wild dat he twis his mouf up de way he
think hit orter be. but lawsy! tain SCUM no
| mo- lax Dry-fiy dan does dis minnit. He
! set his haid on one side an iissen agin an
| den try onct mo-. Huh-uh! wusser dan
| pefo he Whustle an he bubble an he
nigh mos bus his th'oat. but 'twan't no
| use.
by dat time turr buds fin out wat he z
| up to, an dey gal roun an lissen at him.
EN- come mighty nigh tumblin' outer de
trees. dey laugh 80 hard. Dey poke one
| nurr IN de side an SEES: Hysh! & way FUN
yer! ain. tot you he gwine meet his match
some day7 Keep hit up, Mistah Dry-fy;
DON you stop a ninnit. fer eff you do dat
rambunkshus bu'dll fall to an mummick
we-all ag'in.'
vivid dat, Dry-ny he go on jes' a-buzz,n.
an buzzin' louder'n uver: but sho! he
ain need ter do dat. fer Mistah Mockin'-
ou d wuz dat TUX down in his fedders dat
ne 5es. went a-shnkin' of inter de woods AM
stayed dar. an he sea- cely opened his mouf
al endurin' de summer 'kase he wuz 40
shame he done met up at las wild pusson
whar ne KANT mummick. TURF buds dey
neW'd roun' an Eyed derese'fs mieht,Iv
mo dey done fer long time sinefn' an
emu ppm. kase dey knowed no pusson WIZ
sWIneter mex q mock NV 'em.
It. Las de fros' come. an Dry-hy he tucken
nus buzz an went soners wild hit whar
twuz wo'mmer. er else de cor done kill him
on. Anyways he stop buzsn' wild de fus'
Iros; an den yer come OF Mockin-bu'd
mockln an trtcken same ez uver an sing
IN way thu de lisht-nights fer de gal an
s ser oeau twei dey mos thought summer
zone come agin. Laws a-mussyr seq de
gal, seq she, EFF yer ain dat sweet Iii bud
ansin ag'in. l lax ter know huccome he
STOP 80 long. Amt he got Jes' de nices' III
Nav. dat he aim seq de man, sezee: 7
nee neap .u RI hssen at you talkfn'.' Den de gal
sne gigsle, an l dunno wat else dey ses,
me6be not much. but de buds wuz jes' a.
eabbiin bout oil Mockin-bu'd.
oh.huh! dey ses. yer he is back
agn. big ez life an twict ez natchel.
Hes got de imp'ence er de on:
scratch SCI, .c hissef. But dat de way wild desc
yer Mastah Brags; Wen dey meets I'D wild
DER match dey shets der moufs mighty
tisht' but Wen der betters go long an
leave EN- ter deyse'fs ag'in, sho, dew oman
ger mours 30 wide an hollers so loud dat
decent folks KANT stay whar dey is
An wild dat dey all went twitterjn' off
an lef' him ter hisse'f. liver sence dem
long Wen de wedder git right WON an: a.
dry-hies mence der buzzin', eff you'll nav
tention you'll notuss dat de mockin'-bu'ds
lays KIND er low an let's on lax dew think
de wedder too wo'm fer singin'"