Thoughts on a Pore Joke

I like fun -- and I like jokes
'Bout as well as most o' folks! --
Like my joke, and like my fun; --
But a joke, I'll state right here,
'S got some p'int -- er I don't keer
Fer no joke that hain't got none. --
I hain't got no use, I'll say,
Fer a _pore_ joke, anyway!

F'rinstunce, now, when _some_ folks gits
To relyin' on theyr wits,
Ten to one they git too smart
And _spile_ it all, right at the start!
Feller wants to jest go slow
And do his _thinkin'_ first, you know.
'F I can't think up somepin' good,
I set still and chaw my cood!
'F you _think_ nothin' -- jest keep on,
But don't _say_ it -- er you're gone!