And bein’ a positive kind of a chap,
—Pokin’ out o’ his way for the sake of a
scrap—
Whenever he noticed a boulder or stump
He’d gee. and ride over the critter ker-bump!
But it happened one boulder that he came
across
Gave Benjamin’s ox-cart too lively a toss;
He was under the broad-tired wheels, s’r. before
He’d gathered his voice for his usual roar.