I meant to do my work today

I meant to do my work today

But a brown bird sang in the apple-tree,

And a butterfly flitted across the field,

And all the leaves were calling me.

 

And the wind went sighing over the land,  

Tossing the grasses to and fro,                                                                  

And a rainbow held out its shining hand --          

So what could I do but laugh and go?