been so nigh.

He scairt the fish beneath us an' the birds upon the

shore

An' he spoke of all his sufferin' which he couldn't

stan' no more;

Then he sot an' thought an' muttered as he pushed

a mile er so

Like a man that's lost an' weary on the mountain

of his woe.

An' he eyed me over cur'ous an' with pity on his