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First Line: Lish, you rickollect that-air
Last Line: Little traction-engine there!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Animals; Horses


'LISH, you rickollect that-air
Dad-burn skittish old bay mare
Was no livin' with! -- 'at skeerd
'T ever'thing she seed er heerd! --
Th'owed 'Ves' Anders, and th'owed Pap,
First he straddled her -- k-slap! --
And Izory -- well! -- th'owed her
Hain't no tellin' jest how fur! --
Broke her collar-bone -- and might
Jes 'a' kilt the gyrl outright!

Course I'd heerd 'em make their boast
She th'ow any feller, 'most,
Ever topped her! S' I, "I know
One man 'at she'll never th'ow!"
So I rid her in to mill,
And, jest comin' round the hill,
Met a traction-engine! -- Ort
Jest 'a' heerd that old mare snort,
And lay back her yeers, and see
Her a-tryin' to th'ow me!
Course I never said a word,
But thinks I, "My ladybird,
You'll git cuored, right here and now,
Of yer dy-does anyhow!"

So I stuck her -- tel she'd jest
Done her very level best;
Then I slides off -- strips the lines
Over her fool-head, and finds
Me a little saplin'-gad,
'Side the road: -- And there we had
Our own fun! -- jest wore her out!
Mounted her, and faced about,
And jest made her nose that-air
Little traction-engine there!





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