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64. FARM BALLADS
An' after every verse, you know,
They play a little tune;
I didn't understand, an' so
I started in too soon.
I pitched it pretty middlin' high,
I fetched a lusty tone,
But oh, alas! I found that I
Was singin' there alone!
They laughed a little, I am told;
But I had done my best;
And not a wave of trouble rolled
Across my peaceful breast.
And Sister Brown-I could but look.
She sits right front of me;
She never was no singin'-book,
An' never went to be;
But then she al'ays tried to do
The best she could, she said;
She understood the time right through,
An' kep' it with her head;
But when she tried this mornin', oh,
I had to laugh, or cough!
It kep' her head a-bobbin' so,
It e'en a'most came off!
An' Deacon Tubbs-he all broke down,
As one might well suppose;
He took one look at Sister Brown,
And meekly scratched his nose,
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Carleton, Will, 1845-1912. Farm Ballads, book, 1901; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29405/m1/83/?q=%22songs%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Star of the Republic Museum.