The Unveiling of the Organ

       IT wuz down in Punkin Centre,

          I believe in eighty-nine,

      We had some doin's at the meetin' house,

          That we thought wuz purty fine;

 

      It wuz a great occasion,

          The choir¹, led by Sister Morgan,

      Had called us thar to witness

          The unveilin' of the organ.

 

      In order fer to git it

          We'd bin² savin' here and there,

      Lookin' forward to the time

          When we'd have music fer to spare,

      And as the time it had arrived,

          And the organ had cum, too,

      We had all of us assembled thar

          To hear what the thing could do.

 

      Wall, it wuz a gorgeous instrument,

          In a handsome walnut³ case,

      And thar wuz expectation

          Pictured out on every face;

      Then when Deacon Witherspoon

          Had led us all in prayer,

      The congregation all stood up

          And Old Hundred rent the air.

 

      Jist then the doin's took a turn,

          Though I'm ashamed to say it,

      We found that old Jim Lawson

          Wuz the only one could play it;

      But Jim, the poor old feller,

          Had one besettin' sin,

      A fondness fer hard cider

          Which he'd bin indulgin' in.

 

      But he sot down at that organ,

          Planked his feet upon the pedals,

      And he showed us he could play it

          Though he hadn't any medals;

      He dwelt upon the treble

          And he flirted⁴ with the base,

      He almost made that organ

          Jump right out of its case.

 

      Wall, the cider got in old Jim's head

          And in his fingers, too,

      So he played some dancin' music

          And old Yankee Doodle Doo;

      He shocked old Deacon Witherspoon

          And scared poor Sister Morgan,

      And jist busted⁵ up the meetin'

          At the unveilin' of the organ.

 

1 choir   

n.唱诗班，唱诗班的席位，合唱团，舞蹈团；v.合唱

参考例句：

• The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
• The church choir is singing tonight.今晚教堂歌唱队要唱诗。

2 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。

3 walnut   

n.胡桃，胡桃木，胡桃色，茶色

参考例句：

• Walnut is a local specialty here.核桃是此地的土特产。
• The stool comes in several sizes in walnut or mahogany.凳子有几种尺寸，材质分胡桃木和红木两种。

4 flirted   

v.调情，打情骂俏( flirt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She flirted her fan. 她急速挥动着扇子。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• During his four months in Egypt he flirted with religious emotions. 在埃及逗留的这四个月期间，他又玩弄起宗教情绪来了。 来自辞典例句

5 busted   

adj. 破产了的，失败了的，被降级的，被逮捕的，被抓到的 动词bust的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• You are so busted! 你被当场逮住了！
• It was money troubles that busted up their marriage. 是金钱纠纷使他们的婚姻破裂了。