But this landscape a kind

Er flickers—I 'low 'twuz the po'try—

I thought thet my eyes hed gone blind.

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Take that pop from my belt!

Hi, thar—gimme yer han'—

Or I'll kill myself—Lizzie!—she's left me—

Gone off with a purtier man!

Thar, I'll quit—the ole gal

An' the kids—run away!