This speech encouraged Lillie May, who nodded her wise head
And said, "Besides dis jelly is too nervous for to spread."
One Johnson More, One Smith Less
(Written for Salibelle Royster, Smith's Mills, Kentucky.)
When Zekiel Rastus Johnson had the courage to propose
To lovely Miss Amanda Smith, she turned up her flat nose
And said, "Now Rastus Johnson, how dare you ask of me
To change my 'ristocratic name and Mrs. Johnson be,
When now in the directory, the Johnsons are ahead