The Writings of James Russell Lowell ...: PoemsPrinted at the Riverside Press, 1896 |
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... Fore it comes ten o'clock ternight . " " I won't agree to no such bender , " Sez Isrel ; " keep it tell it's tender ; ' T aint wuth a snap afore it ' s ripe . " Sez Joe , " I'd jest ez lives eat tripe ; You air a buster ter suppose I'd ...
... Fore it comes ten o'clock ternight . " " I won't agree to no such bender , " Sez Isrel ; " keep it tell it's tender ; ' T aint wuth a snap afore it ' s ripe . " Sez Joe , " I'd jest ez lives eat tripe ; You air a buster ter suppose I'd ...
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... Fore you git ahold o ' me ! Thet air flag's a leetle rotten , Hope it aint your Sunday's best ; — Fact ! it takes a sight o ' cotton To stuff out a soger's chest : Sence we farmers hev to pay fer ' t , Ef you must wear humps like these ...
... Fore you git ahold o ' me ! Thet air flag's a leetle rotten , Hope it aint your Sunday's best ; — Fact ! it takes a sight o ' cotton To stuff out a soger's chest : Sence we farmers hev to pay fer ' t , Ef you must wear humps like these ...
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... Fore they think on ' t guess they'll sprout ( Like a peach thet ' s got the yellers ) , With the meanness bustin ' out . Wal , go ' long to help ' em stealin ' Bigger pens to cram with slaves , Help the men thet ' s ollers dealin ...
... Fore they think on ' t guess they'll sprout ( Like a peach thet ' s got the yellers ) , With the meanness bustin ' out . Wal , go ' long to help ' em stealin ' Bigger pens to cram with slaves , Help the men thet ' s ollers dealin ...
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... fore you can say , " Wut air ye at ? " 1 You never see sech darned gret bugs ( it may not be irrelevant To say I've seen a scarabæus pilularius 2 big ez a year old elephant ) , The rigiment come up one day in time to stop a red bug From ...
... fore you can say , " Wut air ye at ? " 1 You never see sech darned gret bugs ( it may not be irrelevant To say I've seen a scarabæus pilularius 2 big ez a year old elephant ) , The rigiment come up one day in time to stop a red bug From ...
Page 77
... fore we sent him " ? Wut wuz there in them from this vote to pervent him ? A marciful Providunce fashioned us holler O ' purpose thet we might our princerples swaller ; It can hold any quantity on ' em , the belly can , An ' bring ' em ...
... fore we sent him " ? Wut wuz there in them from this vote to pervent him ? A marciful Providunce fashioned us holler O ' purpose thet we might our princerples swaller ; It can hold any quantity on ' em , the belly can , An ' bring ' em ...
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