47. XLVII.
TAKE IT EAZY.
Yes, mi dear feller, do take it eazy.
Don't fret, don't foam; yu kant take thought an
be an inch bigger; yu kant ketch lightning, however
yu try; then do take it eazy.
If yu would be ritch, only be good, and then take
it eazy.
If yure lady-love is coy, do take it eazy, for like a
wild colt, by and by will she cum and lay her hed
in the halter.
Joys ever are fu, the evening ov yure daze may
be long, and oil you will want for yure twilite lamp;
then waste not in fury what will last yu till the
wick burns out, if yu will only take it eazy.
If yu would see the pitfalls that Satan is digging,
if yu would be more than a match for envy and
malice, if yu would show no blind side for reproach,
chew awl things well, and then take it eazy.
Take it eazy, and the snowflakes ov sorrow will
melt az they fall; melankolly will laff when she
meets yu, poverty's bundle will be light, and awl
yure songs will hav a sweet chorus.
Take it eazy; natur don't fret; seeditme and harvest
are a sure thing; the bud, then the leaf; the
flower, then the fruit; the lilys don't fret; then, mi
dear feller, do take it eazy.
Take it eazy, only be good, and az each nu milestun
bi the side ov yure Jordan tells that the grate
sity iz nearer, and not fur away, will yure hearte
gro lighter, and yure faith gro stronger, airth will
look less, and heaven will look bigger; yes, mi dear
feller, do, do take it eazy.
