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THE BOY LIVES ON OUR FARM 
 
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Copyriglit, 1892, 1898, 1900 
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 Ev "off" — I don't know whieli.— 
 The Boy lives on our Farm, he told 
 
 Me, too, 'at he can see. 
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 Ef I knowed iniieli as that, 
 An' could stand up like him an' drive, 
 
 An' ist push back my hat, 
 Like he comes skallvhootin' throuii'h 
 
 Our alley, with one arm 
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 The Bov lives on our Farm ! 
 
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 Uncle Sidney, when he wuz here, 
 
 Maked me a squirt-gun out o' some 
 Elder-bushes 'at growed out near 
 Where wuz the brick-yard — 'way out clear- 
 To where the Toll Gate come ! 
 
 So when we walked back home again, 
 
 He maked it, out in our woodhouse where 
 Wuz the old work-bench, an' the old jack-plane, 
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Miss Maimie she's my Ma's friend, — an' 
 She's purtiest girl in all the Ian' ! — 
 An' sweetest smile an' voice an' face — 
 An' eyes ist looks like p'serves tas'e ! 
 
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 The Old Hay-mow's the place to i)lay 
 Fer boys, when it's a rainy day! 
 I good-'eal ruther be up there 
 Than down in town, ei* anywhere ! 
 
 When I play in our stable-loft, 
 The g'ood old hay's so dry an' soft, 
 An' feels so fine, an' smells so sweet, 
 I 'most ferget to go an' eat. 
 
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 Nen I won't let him play no more 
 In our hay-mow where I keep store 
 An' got hen-eggs to sell, — an' shoo 
 The cackle-un old hen out, too ! 
 
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