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Then while Dad on the piazza
Read the latest act of Andy,
And the maid on her piano
Trilled a ditty for some dandy,
"Chaco, chaco, cumtux mika?"^[1]
From afar in tones coyote.
"Ah, you bet you, cumtux nika,"^[2]
Sang the maiden sotto voce.
With this sign the chieftain sought her,
For the old man's bull-dog Touzer
Would have made it rather hot for
Kamiakin, Thane of Chowder.

Night and day they flew like arrows,
Till they passed by sweet Celilo:
"Bully," cried the chief; "tomollo's
Sun will see us hias lolo."^[3]
But the old man missed his daughter;
Vowing he would catch and score them,
Took the steamer, and by water
Reached the Dalles the day before them.

"Stop, you bummer," yelled the Daddy,
While the chief fled to the river;
And the Dad pursued, and had a
Henry-rifle, bow and quiver.
Then the chief wished him a beaver—
Big or little, didn't mind him—
But the gal, would you believe her,
Stuck like wax, tight on behind him.
Then she waved a wand of willow,
And behold the mighty river
(For the maiden was a fairy)
All did surge and shake and shiver,
Till the banks did kiss, or nearly,
And confine the foaming billow:
So they crossed without a ferry.

"Come back, come back, O Pickaninny—
Back across the stormy water,"

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1. Come, come—do you understand me?
2. I understand you.
3. Far away.