O little noisy Katydids,

And very plainly you can talk

Each tree within the glen

In tones both grave and gay;

A village is, all peopled by

But, "Katy did n't, Katy did,"

You small green-coated men.

Is all you ever say.

I very much would like to know

What did poor Katy do,

That you should quarrel with your friends

About it all night through.

But though I listen every night,

And question all I may,

Yet, "Katy did n't, Katy did,"

Is all you ever say.

—NELLIE M. GARABRANT.