Y'all gather 'round from far and near,
Both city folk and rural,
And listen while I tell you this:
The pronoun y'all is plural.
If I should utter, 'Y'all come down,
Or we-all shall be lonely,'
I mean at least a couple-a folks,
And not one person only.
If I should say to Hiram Jones,
'I think that y'all are lazy,
Or 'Will y'all let me use y'all's knife?
He'd think that I was crazy.
Don't think I mean to criticize
Or that I'm full of gall,
But when we speak of one alone,
We all say 'you,' not 'y'all.'
Now wasn't that sweet?
