Den da ain’ no tellin’ what sich uh powder’s wuth.”
Hit seems ter me de price wuz big dat I got fuh meh vote,
Kase Mars Dick say dem swamp yearbs wuz uh pow’ful auntydote
Fuh hic-cups, cramps, brownchytiz, bruises, bu’ns, haidaches,
Rheumatiz an’ measles, conwulsions and de shakes.
An’ den Mars Dick he tole me, in de mawnin’ ’fo’ I feed
Futto go inter de swamp an’ git de largis’ reed I seed,
An’ fill hit full fum en’ ter en’ wid dat gran’ auntydote,
Pull out Mike’s tongue, put in de reed, an’ blow hyard down he thote.