Nancy MacIntyre: A Tale of the Prairies
Me and Johnson had a fight.

Caught him twice up there to Nancy's;

Told him plain to stay away;

But he didn't seem to notice

Anything I had to say.

Caught him settin' there and talkin'

'Bout the things that he had done--

Durndest liar on the prairie--

Laughing like he thought 'twas fun,

Settin' there beside o' Nancy--

Settin' down is all he does,

Good for nothin', bug-eyed, loafin',

Wrinkled, yaller, meddlin' cuss!

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I just let him keep on settin'

All the whole long evenin' through;

When he started off I follered,

Told him what I meant to do.

"Why," says he, "now, don't git foolish;

I ain't skeered o' your light breeze;


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