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They didn' think nuthin on it;
 Sorry, I reckon, o' course.
They said, with an emphasis 'pon it,
 "Dead boy no good to us."

The "docs" at the city hospital,
 They tuk his hod y away;
I seed him lying like a gal,
 While his poor hands bandaged lay

I don't lay it up agin 'em,
 His dad and numn, you kneow;
They meant well, hed a row to stem,—
 Th' same to the dead hero.


Watch Thyself.
It needs only a sincere mind,
 To read the thoughts of men;
Even tho' one were stricken blind,
 He'd have the knowledge then.
A closer watch upon ourselves,
 'Twere well to keep each day;
Lest some in form of fairy elves,
 Should lead us to betray.

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