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SYMPTOMS
I'm not a-workin' now!—
I'm jes' a-layin' round
A-lettin' other people plow.—
I'm cumberin' the ground! ...
I jes' don't keer!—I've done my sheer
O' sweatin'!—Anyhow,
In this dad-blasted weather here,
I'm not a-workin' now!
I'm jes' a-layin' round
A-lettin' other people plow.—
I'm cumberin' the ground! ...
I jes' don't keer!—I've done my sheer
O' sweatin'!—Anyhow,
In this dad-blasted weather here,
I'm not a-workin' now!
The corn and wheat and all
Is doin' well enough!—
They' got clean on from now tel Fall
To show what kind o' stuff
'At's in their own dad-burn backbone;
So, while the Scriptur's 'low
Man ort to reap as he have sown—
I'm not a-workin' now!
Is doin' well enough!—
They' got clean on from now tel Fall
To show what kind o' stuff
'At's in their own dad-burn backbone;
So, while the Scriptur's 'low
Man ort to reap as he have sown—
I'm not a-workin' now!
The grass en-nunder these-
Here ellums 'long “Old Blue,”
And shadders o' the sugar-trees,
Beats farmin' quite a few!
As feller says,—I ruther guess
I'll make my comp'ny bow
And snooze a few hours—more er less.—
I'm not a-workin' now!
Here ellums 'long “Old Blue,”
And shadders o' the sugar-trees,
Beats farmin' quite a few!
As feller says,—I ruther guess
I'll make my comp'ny bow
And snooze a few hours—more er less.—
I'm not a-workin' now!
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