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NEVER TALK BACK
Never talk back! sich things is repperhensible;
A feller only hurts hisse'f that jaws a man that's hot;
In a quarrel, ef you'll only keep your mouth shet and act sensible,
The man that does the talkin' 'll git worsted every shot!
A feller only hurts hisse'f that jaws a man that's hot;
In a quarrel, ef you'll only keep your mouth shet and act sensible,
The man that does the talkin' 'll git worsted every shot!
Never talk back to a feller that's abusin' you—
Jes' let him carry on, and rip, and snort, and swear;
And when he finds his blamin' and defamin' 's jes' amusin' you,
You've got him clean kaflummixed,—and you want to hold him there!
Jes' let him carry on, and rip, and snort, and swear;
And when he finds his blamin' and defamin' 's jes' amusin' you,
You've got him clean kaflummixed,—and you want to hold him there!
Never talk back, and wake up the whole community
And call a man a liar, over Law, er Politics.—
You can lift and land him furder and with gracefuller impunity
With one good jolt of silence than a half a dozen kicks!
And call a man a liar, over Law, er Politics.—
You can lift and land him furder and with gracefuller impunity
With one good jolt of silence than a half a dozen kicks!
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