I was a-creepin' ter the door,
Ter let the fellers in,
When all at once there was a flash
An' then an awful din.
Ter let the fellers in,
When all at once there was a flash
An' then an awful din.
But when I got me senses back
After the shootin' fuss,
I was down in the hospital,
With such a jolly nuss.
After the shootin' fuss,
I was down in the hospital,
With such a jolly nuss.
Them was about the bulliest days
That ever I hev hed,
With such good things to stuff an' swill
An' such a dozy bed.
That ever I hev hed,
With such good things to stuff an' swill
An' such a dozy bed.
You see the gang had all been tuck
But Dick, an' he lay low,
An' I was sech a little duck
The jedge, he let me go.
But Dick, an' he lay low,
An' I was sech a little duck
The jedge, he let me go.
An' when I left the hospital,
'Twas mighty hard ter leave,
I was a-lookin limp an' white
An' hed one empty sleeve.
'Twas mighty hard ter leave,
I was a-lookin limp an' white
An' hed one empty sleeve.
But now the luck all comes my way—
I've got another pard—
For folks is mighty good ter me
An' times they aint so hard.
I've got another pard—
For folks is mighty good ter me
An' times they aint so hard.
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