From an Old Garden (Cloud)/Pussy-Willows

by Virginia Woodward Cloud

Pussy-Willows

Ole Win' don' tech 'em hard en rough,But ef you kin git clost enoughTer stroke 'em wid yo' finger,—soDey nods en bows,—pleased 'cause you knowDat Pussy-Williers—an' dem—Is nuffin' 'cep' babies on er stem.