The Poetry Corner

A Session With Uncle Sidney - III - Sings A "Winky-Tooden" Song

By James Whitcomb Riley

O here's a little rhyme for the Spring- or Summer-time - An a-ho-winky-tooden-an-a-ho! - Just a little bit o' tune you can twitter, May or June, An a-ho-winky-tooden-an-a-ho! It's a song that soars and sings, As the birds that twang their wings Or the katydids and things Thus and so, don't you know, An a-ho-winky-tooden-an-a-ho! It's a song just broken loose, with no reason or excuse - An a-ho-winky-tooden-an-a-ho! You can sing along with it - or it matters not a bit - An a-ho-winky-tooden-an-a-ho! It's a lovely little thing That 'most any one could sing With a ringle-dingle-ding, Soft and low, don't you know, An a-ho-winky-tooden-an-a-ho!