The grackles sing avant the spring

Most spiss—oh! Yes, most spissantly.

They sing right puissantly.

This robe of snow and winter stars,

The devil take it, wear it, too.

It might become his hole of blue.

Let him remove it to his regions,

White and star-furred for his legions,

And make much bing, high bing.

It would be ransom for the willow

And fill the hill and fill it full

Of ding, ding, dong.