Ef’t warn’t for law,” sez he,
“There’d be one shindy from here to Indy;
An’ thet don’t suit J. B.
(When ’t ain’t ’twixt you an’ me!)”
We know we’ve gut a cause, John,
Thet’s honest, just, an’ true;
We thought ’t would win applause, John,
Ef nowheres else, from you.
Ole Uncle S. sez he, “I guess
His love of right,” sez he,