 I'll be bound, They eat it when they're a mind to. And there we see a swamping gun, Large as a log of maple, Upon a deuced little cart, A load for father's cattle. And every time they shoot it off, It takes a horn of powder, And makes a noise like father's...  ...Historic Boston and Its Neighborhood - Page 36by Edward Everett Hale - 1898 - 186 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Willis's Current notes - 1856 - 110 pages
...— A load for father's cattle. And every time they fired it off, It took a horn of powder ; It made a noise like father's gun, Only a nation louder. I went as near to it myself, As Jacob's underpinnin', And father went as near again — I thought the deuce waa... | |
 | George Willis - 1856 - 320 pages
...— A load for father's cattle. And every time they fired it off, It took a horn of powder ; It made a noise like father's gun, Only a nation louder. I went as near to it myself, As Jacob's underpiunin', And father went as near again — I thought the deuce was... | |
 | HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...what they wasted every day, I wish it could be saved. The 'lasses they eat every day, Would keep an house a winter; They have so much that, I'll be bound,...myself, As Siah's underpinning, And father went as nigh again, I thought the deuce was in him. Cousin Simon grew so bold, It scar'd me so, I shrink*d it off,... | |
 | William Evans Burton - Wit and humor - 1859 - 690 pages
...every day, Would keep a house a winter; They have as much that I'll be bound They eat it when they've a mind to. And there we see a swamping gun, Large...myself As Siah's underpinning ; And father went as nigh again, I thought the deuce was in him. Cousin Simon grew so bold, I thought he would have cock'd it,... | |
 | Henry Howe - United States - 1861 - 844 pages
...cattle. And even' time they shoot it off, It tnkes n horn of powder, And makes a noise like father's gnu, Only a nation louder. I went as nigh to one myself, As Slab's underpinning, And father went as nigh agnin, I thought the dence was in him. Cousin Simon grew... | |
 | Wayne E. Burton - Wit and humor - 1867 - 674 pages
...winter ; They have as much that I'll be bound They eat it when they've a mind to. And there we вес a swamping gun, Large as a log of maple, Upon a deuced...myself As Siah's underpinning ; And father went as nigh again, I thought the deuce was in him. Cousin Simon grew so bold, I thought he would have cock'd it,... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - American literature - 1878 - 450 pages
...wished it could be saved. The "lasses they eat every day, Would keep an house a winter ; They have as much that, I'll be bound, They eat it when they're...myself, As Siah's underpinning ; And father went as nigh again : I thought the deuce was in him. Cousin Simon grew so bold, I thought he would have cock'd it... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - American literature - 1878 - 510 pages
...wished it could be saved. The 'lasses they eat every day, Would keep an house a winter ; They have as much that, I'll be bound. They eat it when they're...a nation louder. I went as nigh to one myself, As Slab's underpinning ; And father went as nigh again : I thought the deuce was in him. Cousin Simon... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1882 - 812 pages
...a horn of powder, And makes a noise like father's gun, Only a nation louder. Yankee Doodle, etc. 6. I went as nigh to one myself As 'Siah's underpinning;...went as nigh agin, I thought the deuce was in him. Yankee Doodle, etc. f. Cousin Simon grew so bold, I thought he would have cocked it; It scared me so... | |
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