cannarie

Updated: April 30, 2025

"NON," he answered, very decidedly; "dat piano, he vairee smart; he got plentee word, lak' de leetle yellow bird in de cage 'ow you call heem de cannarie. He spik' moch. Bot dat violon, he spik' more deep, to de heart, lak' de Rossignol. He mak' me feel more glad, more sorree dat fo' w'at Ah lak' heem de bes'!"

Henry Van Dyke - The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature