Andy the Night-Watch + 

In my Spanish cloak, + 

And old slouch hat, + 

And overshoes of felt, + 

And Tyke, my faithful dog, + 

And my knotted hickory cane, + 

I slipped about with a bull’s-eye lantern + 

From door to door on the square, + 

As the midnight stars wheeled round, + 

And the bell in the steeple murmured + 

From the blowing of the wind; + 

And the weary steps of old Doc Hill + 

Sounded like one who walks in sleep, + 

And a far-off rooster crew. + 

And now another is watching Spoon River + 

As others watched before me. + 

And here we lie, Doc Hill and I + 

Where none breaks through and steals, + 

And no eye needs to guard. + 