"There was a man in Arkansaw

As let his passions rise,

And not unfrequently picked out

Some other varmint's eyes.

"His name was Tuscaloosa Sam,

And often he would say,

'There's not a cuss in Arkansaw

I can't whip any day.'

"One morn, a stranger passin' by,

Heard Sammy talkin' so,