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JIM OF THE HILLS
He says to me as plain as plain.
"First have some food, an' then explain."
(I don't know how she came to tell.
But I found out her name is Nell.)
We gets our bit to eat at last.
(An', just for spite, he et his fast) …
I think that Nell's a reel nice name …
"All right, old dog, I ain't to blame
If you" … Just as I go to sup
My tea I stop dead, with my cup
Half up, an' … By the Holy Frost!
I wonder was Nell reely lost?
