Instid o’ you an’ me!”

Ef I turned mad dogs loose, John,

On your front-parlor stairs,

Would it jest meet your views, John,

To wait an’ sue their heirs?

Ole Uncle S. sez he, “I guess,

I on’y guess,” sez he,

“Thet, ef Vattel on his toes fell,

’T would kind o’ rile J. B.,

Ez well ez you an’ me!”