Living

A Few of the Bird-Family

by James Whitcomb Riley 1849–1916

From Armazindy (1894)

Living

The Old Bob-white, and Chipbird;
The Flicker, and Chewink,
And little hopty-skip bird
Along the river-brink.

The Blackbird, and Snowbird,
The Chicken-hawk, and Crane;
The glossy old black Crow-bird,
And Buzzard down the lane.

The Yellowbird, and Redbird,
The Tomtit, and the Cat;
The Thrush, and that Redhead-bird
The rests all pickin' at!

The Jay-bird, and the Bluebird,
The Sapsuck, and the Wren--
The Cockadoodle-doo-bird,
And our old Settin'-hen!

MLA

Riley, James Whitcomb. “A Few of the Bird-Family.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/658/.

Chicago

Riley, James Whitcomb. “A Few of the Bird-Family.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/658/.

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