My Old Yaller Almanac

      Hangin' on the

     Kitchen Wall

 

     I'M sort of fond of readin' one

     thing and another,

 

     So I've read promiscus like

     whatever cum my way,

 

     And many a friendly argument's cum up 'tween

     me and mother,

 

     'Bout¹ things that I'd be readin' settin' round

     a rainy day.

 

      Sometimes it jist seemed to me thar wa'nt

     no end of books,

 

      Some made fer useful readin' and some jist

     made fer looks;

 

      But of all the different books I've read,

     thar's none comes up at all

 

      To My Old Yaller Almanac, Hangin' on

     the Kitchen Wall.

 

      I've always liked amusement, of the good

     and wholesome² kind,

 

      It's better than a doctor, and it elevates the

     mind;

 

      So, often of an evening, when the farm

     chores all were done,

 

      I'd join the games the boys would play, gosh

     how I liked the fun;

 

      And once thar wuz a minstrel troop, they

     showed at our Town Hall,

 

      A jolly lot of fellers, 'bout twenty of 'em all.

 

      Wall I went down to see 'em, but their

     jokes, I knowed 'em all,

 

      Read 'em in My Old Yaller Almanac,

     Hangin' on the Kitchen Wall.

      Thar wuz Ezra Hoskins, Deacon Brown and

     a lot of us old codgers,

 

      Used to meet down at the grocery store,

     what wuz kept by Jason Rogers.

 

      There we'd set and argufy most every market

     day,

 

      Chawin' tobacker and whittlin' sticks to pass

     the time away;

 

      And many a knotty³ problem has put us on

     our mettle⁴,

 

      Which we felt it wuz our duty to duly solve

     and settle;

 

      Then after they had said their say, who

     thought they knowed it all,

 

      I'd floor 'em with some facts I'd got

 

      From My Old Yaller Almanac, Hangin' on

     the Kitchen Wall.

      It beats a regular cyclopedium, that old

     fashioned yeller book,

 

      And many a pleasant hour in readin' it I've

     took;

 

      Somehow I've never tired of lookin' through

     its pages,

 

      Seein' of the different things that's happened

     in all ages.

 

      One time I wuz elected a Justice of the

     Peace,

 

      To make out legal documents, a mortgage

     or a lease,

 

      Them tricks that lawyers have, you bet I

     knowed them all,

 

      Learned them in My Old Yaller Almanac,

     Hangin' on the Kitchen Wall.

     So now I've bin⁵ to New York, and all your

     sights I've seen,

 

      I s'pose that to you city folks I must look

     most awful green,

 

      Gee⁶ whiz, what lots of fun I've had as I

     walked round the town,

 

      Havin' Bunco Steerers ask me if I wasn't

     Mr. Hiram Brown.

      I've rode on all your trolloly cars, and hung

     onto the straps⁷,

 

      When we flew around the corners, sat on

     other peoples' laps,

 

      Hav'nt had no trouble, not a bit at all,

 

      Read about your city in My Old Yaller

     Almanac, Hangin' on the Kitchen Wall.

1 bout   

n.侵袭，发作；一次(阵，回)；拳击等比赛

参考例句：

• I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。
• That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。

2 wholesome   

adj.适合；卫生的；有益健康的；显示身心健康的

参考例句：

• In actual fact the things I like doing are mostly wholesome.实际上我喜欢做的事大都是有助于增进身体健康的。
• It is not wholesome to eat without washing your hands.不洗手吃饭是不卫生的。

3 knotty   

adj.有结的，多节的，多瘤的，棘手的

参考例句：

• Under his leadership,many knotty problems were smoothly solved.在他的领导下，许多伤脑筋的问题都迎刃而解。
• She met with a lot of knotty problems.她碰上了许多棘手的问题。

4 mettle   

n.勇气，精神

参考例句：

• When the seas are in turmoil,heroes are on their mettle.沧海横流，方显出英雄本色。
• Each and every one of these soldiers has proved his mettle.这些战士个个都是好样的。

5 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

6 gee   

n.马；int.向右！前进！，惊讶时所发声音；v.向右转

参考例句：

• Their success last week will gee the team up.上星期的胜利将激励这支队伍继续前进。
• Gee,We're going to make a lot of money.哇！我们会赚好多钱啦！

7 straps   

n.带子( strap的名词复数 )；挎带；肩带；背带v.用皮带捆扎( strap的第三人称单数 )；用皮带抽打；包扎；给…打绷带

参考例句：

• the shoulder straps of her dress 她连衣裙上的肩带
• The straps can be adjusted to suit the wearer. 这些背带可进行调整以适合使用者。