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.