```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.