But my narves it kind o’ grates,

Wen I see the overreachin’

O’ them nigger-drivin’ States.

Them thet rule us, them slave-traders,

Hain’t they cut a thunderin’ swath

(Helped by Yankee renegaders),

Thru the vartu o’ the North!

We begin to think it’s natur

To take sarse an’ not be riled—

Who’d expect to see a tater