An’ take up with him.

So we was married one Sunday in church,

’Twas crowded full to the brim;

’Twas the only way to get rid of ’em all,

’Spacially Jim.

THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY.

Be careful, in all dialect recitations, to enunciate as the piece requires. A good part of the humor is brought out in the accent, and you should study this until you are master of it.

You promise now, you goot man dere,