When Lide Married _him_

James Whitcomb Riley

1887

When Lide married _him_ -- w'y, she had to jes dee-fy
The whole poppilation! -- But she never bat' an eye!

Her parents begged, and _threatened_ -- she must give him up -- that _he_
Wuz jes "a common drunkard! " -- And he _wuz_, appearantly. --
Swore they'd chase him off the place
Ef he ever showed his face --
Long after she'd _eloped_ with him and _married_ him fer shore! --
When Lide married _him_, it wuz _"Katy, bar the door! "_

When Lide married _him_ -- Well! she had to go and be
A _hired girl_ in town somewheres -- while he tromped round to see
What _he_ could git that _he_ could do, -- you might say, jes sawed wood
From door to door! -- that's what he done -- 'cause that wuz best he could!

And the strangest thing, i jing!

Wuz, he didn't _drink_ a thing, --
But jes got down to bizness, like he someway _wanted_ to,
When Lide married _him_, like they warned her _not_ to do!

When Lide married _him_ -- er, ruther, _had_ ben married
A little up'ards of a year -- some feller come and carried
That _hired girl_ away with him -- a ruther _stylish_ feller
In a bran-new green spring-wagon, with the wheels striped red and yeller:
And he whispered, as they driv
Tords the country, _"Now we'll live! "_ --
And _somepin' else_ she _laughed_ to hear, though both her eyes wuz dim,
'Bout _"trustin' Love and Heav'n above_, sence Lide married _him! "_

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