Tommy's alluz playin' jokes, An' actin' up, an' foolin' folks; An' wunst one time he creep In Pa's big chair, he did, one night, An' squint an' shut his eyes bofe tight, An' say, "Now I 'm asleep."
An' nen we knowed, an' Ma know' too, He _ain't_ asleep no more 'n you!
An' wunst he clumbed on our back'fence An' flop his arms an' nen commence To crow, like he's a hen; But when he failed off, like he done, He didn't fool us childern none, Ner didn't _crow_ again.
An' our Hired Man, as he come by, Says, "Tom can't _crow_, but he kin _cry_. "
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