Iry an' Billy an' Jo! -- Iry an' Billy's _the boys_, An' _Jo's_ their _dog_, you know, -- Their pictures took all in a row.
Bet they kin kick up a noise -- Iry and Billy, the boys, And that-air little dog Jo!
_Iry's_ the one 'at stands Up there a-lookin' so mild An' meek -- with his hat in his hands, Like such a 'bediant child -- (_Sakes-alive_! ) -- An' _Billy_ he sets In the cheer an' holds onto Jo an' _sweats_ Hisse'f, a-lookin' so good! Ho-ho!
Iry an' Billy an' Jo!
Yit the way them boys, you know, Usen to jes turn in An' fight over that dog Jo Wuz a burnin'-shame-an'-a-sin ! -- Iry _he'd_ argy 'at, by gee-whizz!
That-air little Jo-dog wuz _his_! -- An' Billy _he'd_ claim it wuzn't so -- 'Cause the dog wuz _his'n_! -- An' at it they'd go, Nip-an'-tugg, tooth-an'-toenail, you know -- Iry an' Billy an' Jo!
But their Pa -- (He wuz the marshal then) He 'tended-like 'at he _jerked 'em up_; An' got a jury o' Brickyard men An' helt a _trial_ about the pup: An' _he_ says _he_ jes like to a-died When the rest o' us town-boys _testified_ -- Regardin', you know, Iry an' Billy an' Jo. --
'Cause we all knowed, when _the Gypsies_ they Camped down here by the crick last Fall, They brung Jo with 'em, an' give him away To Iry an' Billy fer nothin' at all! -- So the jury fetched in the _verdick_ so Jo he ain't _neether_ o' theirn fer _shore_ -- He's _both_ their dog, an' jes no more!
An' so They've quit quarrelin' long ago, Iry an' Billy an' Jo.
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