From an Old Garden (Cloud)/Mignonette

by Virginia Woodward Cloud

Mignonette

Lil Mis' Minnynette,
 settin' in de sun,
She ain' 'complish nuffin much
 when de day is done;
But she th'ow huh lil w'ite han's out
 wid sech a pretty grace,
She's allers gittin' gaddered up
 fo' Ole Mis's vase.