But never a word from me or Jim!
He went his way ’nd I went mine,
’Nd into the battle’s roar went we,—
I havin’ my opinyin of Jim,
’Nd he havin’ his opinyin uv me.
Jim never came back from the war again,
But I hain’t forgot that last, last night
When, waitin’ f’r orders, us two men
Made up ’nd shuck hands, afore the fight,
’Nd after it all, it’s soothin’ to know