The Breitmann Ballads by Charles Godfrey Leland
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pafemends bass,
So dey shoined de anti-coosers, or de oonder lower glass!" Here Breitmann led his shdeam out: "Dis shdory goes to show Dat in poledicks, ash lager, virtus in medio. De drecks ish ad de pottom - de skoom floads high inteed; Boot das bier ish in de mittle, says an goot old Sharman lied.[30] "Und shoost apout elegdion-dimes de scoom und drecks, ve see, Have a pully Wahl-verwandtschaft, or election-sympathie." "Dis is very vine," says Mishder Twine, "Vot here you indrotuce: Mit your bermission I'll grack on mit my shdory of de coose. "A gandertate for sheriff de coose-beholders run Who shvear de coose de noblest dings vot valk peneat' de sun; For de cooses safe de Capidol in Rome long dimes ago, Und Horrisburg need safin' mighty pad, ash all do know.[31] "Acainsd dis mighdy Coose-man anoder veller rose, Who keepedt himself ungommon shtill vhen oders came to plows; Und if any ask how 'twas he shtoodt, his friendts wouldt vink so loose, Und vhisper ash dey dapped deir nose: 'He's soundt oopon de coose! "'He's O.K. oopon de soobject:[32] shoost pet your pile on dat: On dis bartik'ler quesdion he indends to coot it fat.' So de veller cot elegded pefore de beople foundt On vhitch site of der coose it vas he shtick so awful soundt. "Und efer in America, hencevorwart from dat day, |
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