INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock, And you hear
the kyouck and gobble of the struttin' turkey-cock And the clackin' of the
guineys, and the cluckin' of the hens, And the rooster's hallylooyer as he
tiptoes on the fence; O, it's then's the times a feller is a-feelin' at his
best, With the risin' sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest, As he
leaves the house, bareheaded, and goes out to feed the stock, When the
frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.
They's something kindo' harty-like about the atmusfere When the heat of
summer's over and the coolin' fall is here-- Of course we miss the flowers,
and the blossums on the trees, And the mumble of the hummin'-birds and
buzzin' of the bees; But the air's so appetizen'; and the landscape through
the haze Of a crisp and sunny morning of the airly autumn days Is a pictur'
that no painter has the colorin' to mock-- When the frost is on the punkin
and the fodder's in the shock.
The husky, rusty russel of the tossels of the corn, And the raspin' of the
tangled leaves, as golden as the morn; The stubble in the furries--kindo'
lonesome-like, but still A-preachin' sermons to us of the barns they growed
to fill; The strawstack in the medder, and the reaper in the shed; The
hosses in theyr stalls below--the clover overhead!-- O, it sets my hart a
c-clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, When the frost is on the punkin and
the fodder's in the shock!
Then your apples all is gethered, and the ones a feller keeps Is poured
around the cellar-floor in red and yeller heaps; And your cider-makin' 's
over, and your wimmern-folks is through With their mince and apple-butter,
and theyr souse and saussage, too!... I don't know how to tell it--but ef
sich a thing could be As the Angels wantin' boardin', and they'd call
around on *me*-- I'd want to 'commodate em--all the whole-indurin' flock--
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock!
MM Format by John Hartman Indianapolis, IN 26 September 1996
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #264
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 20:58:12 -0500
From: hartman@indy.net (John Hartman)

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