And cut some inches off.

"Then that ere brute, to show the joy

That's nat'ral to dum brutes,

Insulted that sad pedler there,

By smellin' round his boots.

"The pedler dropped a tear, and then

Says he to Lige, says he:

'I'd like to buy that yaller pup

And take him home with me.'

"But 'no,' says Lige, with proud disdain