Den Ah says to de fiah,—"Ah reckon 'tain't no wrong
Ef you bus' loose en hab yo' say, seein' you's kep' still dis long.
En ez we is de onies' ones dat's lef', des me en you.
Ah'll tell you, fiah, dey's times Ah'd lak ter done some talkin' too!"
But not no mo' . . . 'Tain't enny use. Ah sets heah, lak you see . . .
'Cause we knows thmgs nobody knows,—dat hickory fiah en me.
Ef you bus' loose en hab yo' say, seein' you's kep' still dis long.
En ez we is de onies' ones dat's lef', des me en you.
Ah'll tell you, fiah, dey's times Ah'd lak ter done some talkin' too!"
But not no mo' . . . 'Tain't enny use. Ah sets heah, lak you see . . .
'Cause we knows thmgs nobody knows,—dat hickory fiah en me.
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