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First Line: One time, when we'z at aunty's house
Last Line: When we et on the porch!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Aunts; Cherry Trees; Country Life


ONE time, when we'z at Aunty's house --
'Way in the country! -- where
They's ist but woods -- an' pigs, an' cows --
An' all's outdoors an' air! --
An' orchurd-swing; an' churry trees --
An' churries in 'em! -- Yes, an' these-
Here redhead birds steals all they please,
An' tetch 'em ef you dare! --
W'y, wunst, one time, when we wuz there,
We et out on the porch!

Wite where the cellar door wuz shut
The table wuz; an' I
Let Aunty set by me an' cut
My vittuls up -- an' pie.
'Tuz awful funny! -- I could see
The redheads in the churry tree;
An' beehives, where you got to be
So keerful, goin' by; --
An' "Comp'ny" there an' all! -- an' we --
We et out on the porch!

An' I ist et p'surves an' things
'At Ma don't 'low me to --
An' chickun-gizzurds -- (don't like wings
Like Parunts does! do you?)
An' all the time the wind blowed there,
An' I could feel it in my hair,
An' ist smell clover ever'where! --
An' a old redhead flew
Purt' nigh wite over my high-chair,
When we et on the porch!





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