De gray owl sing fum de chimbly top:
  “Who—who—is—you-oo?”
En I say: “Good Lawd, hit ’s des po’ me,
En I ain’t quite ready fer de Jasper Sea;
I ’m po’ en sinful, en you ’lowed I ’d be;
  Oh, wait, good Lawd, ’twell ter-morror!”

De gray owl sing...