On de back becos I 'm leetle bit excite,

But I 'll do dat trick to-morrow, not to-night—

Dat 's de lesson I was learnin' on de school;

W'at dey 're sayin'—dough o' course dey 're only fool—

De ole man 's gettin' on.

 

 

 

 

 

 Pioneers 

 If dey 're walkin' on de roadside, an' dey 're bote in love togeder, An' de star of spring is shinin' wit' de young moon in between, It was purty easy guessin' dey 're not talkin' of de wedder, W'en de boy is comin' twenty, an' de girl is jus' eighteen. 

An' de star of spring is shinin' wit' de young moon in between,

W'en de boy is comin' twenty, an' de girl is jus' eighteen.

 It 's a sign de winter 's over, an' it 's pleasan' hear de talkin' Of de bull-frog on de swamp dere wit' all hees familee— But it 's lonesome doin' not'ing, an' dere 's not moche fun in walkin', So we fin' some fence dat 's handy for mese'f an' Rosalie. 

Of de bull-frog on de swamp dere wit' all hees familee—

So we fin' some fence dat 's handy for mese'f an' Rosalie.

 

 "So we fin' some fence dat 's handy for mese'f an' Rosalie." 

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