< Ben King's Verse

De man dat wahs de slickest tile
  Doan draw de bigges' check;
De riches' lookin' kin' ob sile
  Doan yiel' de bigges' peck.

De hoss dat's highes' in de pool
  Doan always win de race,
Kase sometimes he's a little off,
  An' sometimes held fo' place.

De bulldog wid de orn'ry jaw
  Ain' half so bad to meet
As dat dar yaller mungril cur
  Dat's layin for yo' meat.

De mooley cow dat hists her leg
  An' makes de milkmaid scream,
Am jes' de bossie cow dat gives
  De riches' kin' ob cream.

De mule dat hab de wicked eye
  Ain' half so bad, now min'--
Look out for dat ole sleepy mule
  Yo' 's walkin' 'roun' behin'.

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