DO' a-stan'in' on a jar, fiah a-shinin' <br /> thoo, <br />Ol' folks drowsin' 'roun' de place, <br /> wide awake is Lou, <br />W'en I tap, she answah, an' I see <br /> huh 'mence to grin, <br />"Howdy, honey, howdy, won't you <br /> step right in?"<br /><br />Paul Laurence Dunbar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/howdy-honey-howdy/