Is better ’an I be;
An’ I don’t care if teacher says
He’s smart ’long side er me;
An’ I don’t care, w’en vis’tors come,
If she on him does call;
He ain’t got measles, like I have—
He don’t have luck at all.
He never had the whoopin’ cough,
Ner mos’ cut off his thumb,
Ner ever fell an’ broke his leg