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1511
OLD WINTERS ON THE FARM
I have jest about decidedIt'd keep a town-boy hoppin'
Fer to work all winter, choppin'
Fer a' old fireplace, like I did!
Lawz! them old times wuz contrairy!—
Blame' backbone o' winter, 'peared-like,
Wouldn't break!—and I wuz skeerd-like
Clean on into Feb'uary!
Nothin' ever made me madder
Than fer Pap to stomp in, layin'
On a' extry forestick, sayin',
“Groun'-hog's out and seed his shadder!”
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