Hi and whoop-hooray, boys! <br />Sing a song of cheer! <br />Here's a holiday, boys, <br />Lasting half a year! <br />Round the world, and half is <br />Shadow we have tried; <br />Now we're where the laugh is,-- <br />On the sunny side! <br /> <br />Pigeons coo and mutter, <br />Strutting high aloof <br />Where the sunbeans flutter <br />Through the stable roof. <br />Hear the chickens cheep, boys, <br />And the hen with pride <br />Clucking them to sleep, boys, <br />On the sunny side! <br /> <br />Hear the clacking guinea; <br />Hear the cattle moo; <br />Hear the horses whinny, <br />Looking out at you! <br />On the hitching-block, boys, <br />Grandly satisfied, <br />See the old peacock, boys, <br />On the sunny side! <br /> <br />Robins in the peach-tree; <br />Bluebirds in the pear; <br />Blossoms over each tree <br />In the orchard there! <br />All the world's in joy, boys, <br />Glad and glorified <br />As a romping boy, boys, <br />On the sunny side! <br /> <br />Where's a heart as mellow? <br />Where's a soul as free? <br />Where is any fellow <br />We would rather be? <br />Just ourselves or none, boys, <br />World around and wide, <br />Laughing in the sun, boys, <br />On the sunny side!<br /><br />James Whitcomb Riley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-the-sunny-side/
