An' de nex' t'ing dere 's a township, an' de township bring de taxes, An' it 's leetle hard on us too, dat 's way it seem to me— An' de Gover'ment, I s'pose dey 'll never t'ink at all to ax us For de small account dey 're owin' mese'f an' Rosalie. 

An' it 's leetle hard on us too, dat 's way it seem to me—

For de small account dey 're owin' mese'f an' Rosalie.

 So we 'll see de beeg procession very soon come up de reever— Some will settle on de roadside, some will stay upon de shore— But de ole place we be clearin', I don't t'ink we 'll never leave her, Dough we 're all surroun' by stranger an' we 're in de worl' wance more. 

Some will settle on de roadside, some will stay upon de shore—

Dough we 're all surroun' by stranger an' we 're

in de worl' wance more.

 

 

 

 Natural Philosophy 

 Very offen I be t'inkin' of de queer folk goin' roun', And way dey kip a-talkin' of de hard tam get along— May have plaintee money too, an' de healt' be good an' soun'— But you 'll fin' dere 's alway somet'ing goin' wrong— 'Course dere may be many reason w'y some feller ought to fret— But me, I 'm alway singin' de only song I know— 'T is n't long enough for music, an' so short you can't forget, But it drive away de lonesome, an' dis is how she go, "Jus' tak' your chance, an' try your luck." 

And way dey kip a-talkin' of de hard tam get along—

But you 'll fin' dere 's alway somet'ing goin' wrong—

But me, I 'm alway singin' de only song I know—

But it drive away de lonesome, an' dis is how she go,

"Jus' tak' your chance, an' try your luck."

 Prev. P 29/88 next