Summah 's nice, wif sun a-shinin', <br />Spring is good wif greens and grass, <br />An' dey 's some t'ings nice 'bout wintah, <br />Dough hit brings de freezin' blas; <br />But de time dat is de fines', <br />Whethah fiel's is green er brown, <br />Is w'en de rain 's a-po'in' <br />An' dey 's time to tinker 'roun. <br /> <br />Den you men's de mule's ol' ha'ness, <br />An' you men's de broken chair. <br />Hummin' all de time you 's wo'kin' <br />Some ol' common kind o' air. <br />Evah now an' then you looks out, <br />Tryin' mighty ha'd to frown, <br />But you cain't, you 's glad hit 's rainin', <br />An' dey 's time to tinker 'roun'. <br /> <br />Oh, you 'ten's lak you so anxious <br />Evah time it so't o' stops. <br />W'en hit goes on, den you reckon <br />Dat de wet 'll he'p de crops. <br />But hit ain't de crops you 's aftah; <br />You knows w'en de rain comes down <br />Dat's hit's too wet out fu' wo'kin', <br />An' dey 's time to tinker roun'. <br /> <br />Oh, dey 's fun inside de co'n-crib. <br />An' dey 's laffin' at de ba'n; <br />An' dey 's allus some one jokin', <br />Er some one to tell a ya'n. <br />Dah 's a quiet in yo' cabin, <br />Only fu' de rain's sof soun'; <br />So you 's mighty blessed happy <br />W'en dey 's time to tinker 'roun'!<br /><br />Paul Laurence Dunbar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/time-to-tinker-roun/
