The Jaybird he's my _favorite_ <br />Of all the birds they is! <br />I think he's quite a stylish sight <br />In that blue suit of his: <br />An' when he' lights an' shuts his wings, <br />His coat's a 'cutaway'-- <br />I guess it's only when he sings <br />You'd know he wuz a jay. <br /> <br />I like to watch him when he's lit <br />In top of any tree, <br />'Cause all birds git wite out of it <br />When _he_ 'lights, an' they see <br />How proud he act', an' swell an' spread <br />His chest out more an' more, <br />An' raise the feathers on his head <br />Like it's cut pompadore!<br /><br />James Whitcomb Riley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-jaybird/
