Fool before, but that he’pped some

’Stablished-like more confidence

’At she never had no sense.

But she wuz a cunnin’, sly,

Meek and lowly sort o’ lie,

’At men-folks like me and you

B’lieves jes ’cause we ortn’t to.—

Jes as purty as a snake,

And as pizen—mercy sake!

Well, about them times it wuz,