All Around My Cabin

My cabin is pretty in the early morning When the dew lights up on the grass and leaves And when the sun shines high in the great blue sky I can see the crops rippling in the gentle breeze All the things I planted with a plow and hoe Wheat, corn, and alfalfa, you can watch ‘em grow That’s all real nice, but my favorite time of all Is when the harvest comes in and the orange leaves fall From the majestic oak in my big front yard And I can sit on the porch after working good ‘n hard Watch a burning red sunset mixed with pearly streaks of gray Knowing I’ve done a swell job, I’ve put in a full day Then when the pale lamplight fades to quiet of night Think I’ll lie on the lawn and watch the stars wink away Until the harvest moon shines on the close shorn fields Just might stay until the dawn beams bright ‘Cause my cabin is pretty in the early morning When the dew lights up on the grass and leaves… [Written on the 3d of August]