‘Prowidin’ these ’ere tngs don’t bust I’ll take

you like a fly.’

He piled aboard, s’r, master quick, there warn’t

no need to tease,

And there he sot, the gun straight up, the butt

between his knees.

“I’ll tell you ’bout that mare of mine—the

more you holler ‘whoa,’

I’ve larnt the whelp to clench her teeth, and

h’ist her tail—and go!