I Meant to Do My Work Today

I Meant to Do My Work Today

Richard Le Galienne

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?