Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1908 — SHUCKIN’ CORN. [ARTICLE]

SHUCKIN’ CORN.

oh > get up in the mornin’, _4t the early hour of four; when a feller’d give a fortune For another hour to snore, And the cook out in the kitchen Is a-settin* breakfast on. And a-listenln’ to the music Ot the steamin’ kettle’s song. Ana it s eat the eggs and bacon Gravy spread on home-made bread; Then it’s push back in a hurry, Cause the sky’s a-getiin*red, Ana the hired man’s done a-mllkiu’, And the shoats have just been fed; And the turke y s from the tree tops To the corn cribs have all soared, When we hear the corn a-knockin* On the Old Bump Board.

Oh, the air is keen and frosty, And It makes our faces glow; And the crystals keep a-sailln*, Makes one think it’s spittin* snow. Oh, It’s pop your heels together. And it’s swing your arms around; And it’s blow upon your fingers, And our ears the cold has found; For the frost is on the shucks, And the freeze is in the ground. And the apples and the punkins In the cellar have been stored, When you hear the corn a-knockin’ On the Old Bump Board.

Oh, the days so soft and hazy, Though the mornin’s are so cold; Oh. they make a feller lazy— t If the truth must be told — When he eats a hearty dinner, And must hurry back again, And start right in a-shuckin’, To a boy it’s just a sin; For the squirrels and droppin* nuts Are now surely callin’ him To the woods, where Mother Nature Has her autumn treasures poured, When you hear the corn a-knockin' On the Old Bump Board.

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