Then, ef his wife she’d ask the gawk

Ef he wouldn’t kinder try to walk

To where she had the table spread,

An’ kinder git his stomach fed,

He’d leap for that ar kitchen door,

An’ say, “W’y didn’t you speak afore?”

An’ when he’d got his supper et,

He’d set, an’ set, an’ set, an’ set,

An’ fold his arms, an’ shet his eyes,

An’ set, an’ set, an’ flosserfize.