Th’ ain’t not a juror here but wut’ll ’quit ye double-quick.”

To cut it short, I wun’t say sweet, they gi’ me a good dip,

(They ain’t perfessin’ Bahptists here,) then give the bed a rip,—

The jury ’d sot, an’ quicker ’n a flash they hetched me out, a livin’

Extemp’ry mammoth turkey-chick fer a Feejee Thanksgivin’.

Thet I felt some stuck up is wut it’s nat’ral to suppose,

When poppylar enthusiasm hed furnished me sech clo’es;

(Ner ’t ain’t without edvantiges, this kin’ o’ suit, ye see,

It’s water-proof, an’ water’s wut I like kep’ out o’ me;)

But nut content with thet, they took a kerridge from the fence