Old Bob White’s a funny bird!–
Funniest you ever heard!–
Hear him whistle,–“Old–Bob–_White_!”
You can hear him, clean from where
He’s ‘way ‘crosst the wheat-field there,
Whistlin’ like he didn’t care–
“Old-Bob-_White_!”
Whistles alluz ist the same–
So’s we won’t fergit his name!–
Hear him say it?–“Old–Bob–_White_!”
_There!_ he’s whizzed off down the lane–
Gone back where his folks is stayin’–
Hear him?–There he goes again,–
“Old–Bob–_White_!”
When boys ever tries to git
Clos’t to him–how quick he’ll quit
Whistlin’ his “Old-Bob–_White_!”
“_Whoo-rhoo-rhoo!_” he’s up an’ flew,
Ist a-purt’-nigh skeerin’ you
Into fits!–‘At’s what he’ll do.–
“Old-Bob–_White_!”
Wunst our Hired Man an’ me,
When we drove to Harmony,
Saw one, whistlin’ “Old–Bob–_White_!”
An’ we drove _wite clos’t_, an’ I
Saw him an’ he didn’t fly,–
Birds likes horses, an’ that’s why.
“Old–Bob–_White_!”
One time, Uncle Sidney says,
Wunst he rob’ a Bob White’s nes’
Of the eggs of “Old Bob White”;
Nen he hatched ’em wiv a hen
An’ her little chicks, an’ nen
They ist all flewed off again!
“Old–Bob–_White_!”
(James Whitcomb Riley)
More Poetry from James Whitcomb Riley:
James Whitcomb Riley Poems based on Topics: Time, Birds, Name, Jokes & Humor, Harmony- The Old-Home Folks (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
- What Chris'mas Fetched The Wigginses (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
- Squire Hawkins's Story (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
- Bud's Fairy-Tale (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
- A Session With Uncle Sidney (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
- Blind (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Readers Who Like This Poem Also Like:
Based on Topics: Time Poems, Name Poems, Birds Poems, Jokes & Humor Poems, Harmony PoemsBased on Keywords: wite, wunst, whizzed, funniest, nes, fergit, stayin, whistlin, wheat-field, alluz, crosst