y-e-e-a-a-s-s

Updated: May 11, 2025

A faint echo comes from far up the siding where Tommy's presence is vaguely indicated by half a dozen cows moving slowly very slowly down towards the cow-yard. The woman retires. Ten minutes later she comes out again and screams: "Tommy! "Y-e-e-a-a-s-s!" very passionately and shrilly. "Ain't you goin' to bring those cows down to-day?" "Y-e-e-a-a-s-s-s! carn't yer see I'm comin'?"

Henry Lawson - While the Billy Boils