I couldn't blink a wink that night
After I douced the glim,
All I could do was kick about,
An' blubber 'n' think o' Jim,
After I douced the glim,
All I could do was kick about,
An' blubber 'n' think o' Jim,
An' loosin' cully seemed to bust
The luck I'd had a spell,
I couldn't get a trot to do
An' papes they wouldn't sell.
The luck I'd had a spell,
I couldn't get a trot to do
An' papes they wouldn't sell.
An' then I lost the snuggery
That we hed hed together,
An' so I hed ter bunk out doors
In mighty nippin' weather.
That we hed hed together,
An' so I hed ter bunk out doors
In mighty nippin' weather.
An' when I couldn't find a snug,
I jest walked up an' down;
The glims they looked so warm an' bright
In houses up in town,
I jest walked up an' down;
The glims they looked so warm an' bright
In houses up in town,
It made me sick to look at um,
An' then I'd go away,
An' walk, an' walk, an' walk, an' walk,
Until it got to day.
An' then I'd go away,
An' walk, an' walk, an' walk, an' walk,
Until it got to day.
Sometimes I'd think uv things I'd heard,
But they wuz mighty dim,
About the gov'ner in the sky
And how folks prayed to him,
But they wuz mighty dim,
About the gov'ner in the sky
And how folks prayed to him,
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