Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

And at that point Saxon settled the dispute of modesty and raised
a general laugh by rippling chords on the ukulele and parodying
an old hymn in negro minstrel fashion:

"De Lawd move in er mischievous way
His blunders to perform."

In the afternoon Jim Hazard and Hall dived into the breakers and
swam to the outlying rocks, routing the protesting sea-lions and
taking possession of their surf-battered stronghold. Billy
followed the swimmers with his eyes, yearning after them so
undisguisedly that Mrs. Hazard said to him: