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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 ...the noise, the whole street through, Wuz lost on me!--I only heard a whipperwill er two, It 'peared-like, kind o' callin' 'crost the darkness and the dew, Them nights afore my dancin'-days wuz over. T 'uz Chused'y-night at Wetherell's, er We'n'sd'y-night at Strawn's, Er Fourth-o'-July-night at uther Tomps's house er John's!--With old Lew Church from Sugar Crick, with that old fiddle he Had sawed clean through the Army, from Atlanty to the sea--And yit he'd fetched her home ag'in, so's he could play fer me Onc't more afore my dancin'-days wuz overl The woods 'at's all be'n cut away wuz growin' same as then; The youngsters all wuz boys ag'in 'at's now all oldish men; And all the girls 'at then wuz girls--I saw 'em, one and all, As plain as then--the middle-sized, the short-and-fat, and tall--And 'peared-like, I danced "Tucker" fer 'em up and down the wall Jes' like afore my dancin'-days wuz over! 151 "Home Ag'in" I'M a-feelin' ruther sad, Fer a father proud and glad As / am--my only child Home, and all so rickonciled! Feel so strange-like, and don't know What the mischief ails me so! 'Stid o' bad, I ort to be Feclin' good pertickerly--Yes, and extry thankful, too, 'Cause my nearest kith and kin, My Elviry's schoolin' 's through, And I' got her home ag'in--Home ag'in with me! Same as ef her mother'd been Livin', I have done my best By the girl, and watchfulest; Nussed her--keerful' as I could--From a baby, day and night,--Drawin' on the neighberhood And the women-folks as light As needsessity 'ud 'low--'Cept in "teethin'," onc't, and fight Through black-measles. Don't know now How we ever saved the child! Doc he'd give her up, and said, As I stood there by the bed Sort o' foolin' with her hair On the hot, wet pillar there, "W...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Hoosier Book, Containing Poems in Dialect. To get started finding The Hoosier Book, Containing Poems in Dialect, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 ...the noise, the whole street through, Wuz lost on me!--I only heard a whipperwill er two, It 'peared-like, kind o' callin' 'crost the darkness and the dew, Them nights afore my dancin'-days wuz over. T 'uz Chused'y-night at Wetherell's, er We'n'sd'y-night at Strawn's, Er Fourth-o'-July-night at uther Tomps's house er John's!--With old Lew Church from Sugar Crick, with that old fiddle he Had sawed clean through the Army, from Atlanty to the sea--And yit he'd fetched her home ag'in, so's he could play fer me Onc't more afore my dancin'-days wuz overl The woods 'at's all be'n cut away wuz growin' same as then; The youngsters all wuz boys ag'in 'at's now all oldish men; And all the girls 'at then wuz girls--I saw 'em, one and all, As plain as then--the middle-sized, the short-and-fat, and tall--And 'peared-like, I danced "Tucker" fer 'em up and down the wall Jes' like afore my dancin'-days wuz over! 151 "Home Ag'in" I'M a-feelin' ruther sad, Fer a father proud and glad As / am--my only child Home, and all so rickonciled! Feel so strange-like, and don't know What the mischief ails me so! 'Stid o' bad, I ort to be Feclin' good pertickerly--Yes, and extry thankful, too, 'Cause my nearest kith and kin, My Elviry's schoolin' 's through, And I' got her home ag'in--Home ag'in with me! Same as ef her mother'd been Livin', I have done my best By the girl, and watchfulest; Nussed her--keerful' as I could--From a baby, day and night,--Drawin' on the neighberhood And the women-folks as light As needsessity 'ud 'low--'Cept in "teethin'," onc't, and fight Through black-measles. Don't know now How we ever saved the child! Doc he'd give her up, and said, As I stood there by the bed Sort o' foolin' with her hair On the hot, wet pillar there, "W...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Hoosier Book, Containing Poems in Dialect. To get started finding The Hoosier Book, Containing Poems in Dialect, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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