upon the line,

But he couldn’t do no bus’ness with tha’

double-toothed galoot.

He was luggin’ up some shingles,—bunch, sah,

underneath each arm,—

The time that he was shinglin’ of the Baptist

meetin’-house;

The ladder cracked and buckled, but he didn’t

think no harm,

When all at once she busted and he started