An' puncture it; an' Sis she take

An' poke my knife down through the stable-floor

An' loozed it—blame it all!

But I ain't goin' to cry no more, no more!

An' Aunt Mame wrote she's a-comin', an' she can't—

Folks is come there!—An' I don't care,

She is my Aunt!

An' my eyes stings; an' I'm

Ist coughin' all the time,

An' hurts me so, an' where my side's so sore