’Twus slidin’ too quick f’om de fence,
Wid an appetite ovahly h’ahty—
An’ dis am de quinsequence!
Nothin’ “comfo’tin’” visible!
Laud! but it’s suttainly tough!—
Mis’able, mis’able, mis’able!—
Mis’able enough!
I worked foh “de Pahty” last ’lection;
An’ winked at de Dimocrats, too,
Thinkin’ I’d “make a collection”