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THE REVISION OF AN ADAGE.
“Think twice befo' yo' speak,” de prechar said,“When angry allus think jest twice ahead,”
In ebery libbin thing yo's gwine toe do
Yo'l fine dat hit will allus help yo' fru.”
By doin' dis it really seemed to me,
Dat tings woul' act most beautiflee,
An' den ah thought ah seen de truf in all
Until ah passed a great high buildin's wall,
An jist above did some one loudly say:
“Look out below dar, look out dar—hay!”
Den ah t'ought once, dats what de prechar said,
Befo' ah thunk agin, a brick lit on ma head.
Dis wuz a 'ception den, ah thought, an so
Ah thought ah'd see ef dat idee would go.
One night Malindy saved a possum's leg
An fo' dat possom did ah tease and beg
But den she says, to-morrow night will do
An den we'll cut de possum's leg in two,
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An how ma haste had almost made me sin,
An so ah says ah'll do jist like de prechar said,
An bof ob us ul be mos' amplee fed
“Take half,” she said, when we sat down to sup,
Fo' twice ah'd thunk she'd et de pussum up.
In speakin' its all right to do it las'
Think twice an' speak, but do yo' actin' fas'.
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