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James Whitcomb Riley - The Little Town O` Tailholt
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You kin boast about yer cities, and their stiddy growth and size,
And brag about yer County-seats, and business enterprise,
And railroads, and factories, and all sich foolery--
But the little Town o` Tailholt is big enough fer me!

You kin harp about yer churches, with their steeples in the clouds,
And gas about yer graded streets, and blow about yer crowds;
You kin talk about yer "theaters," and all you`ve got to see--
But the little Town o` Tailholt is show enough fer me!

They hain`t no style in our town-- hit`s little-like and small--
They hain`t no "churches," nuther--, jes` the meetin` house is all;
They`s no sidewalks, to speak of-- but the highway`s allus free,
And the little Town o` Tailholt is wide enough fer me!

Some find it discommodin`-like, I`m willin` to admit,
To hev but one post-office, and a womern keepin` hit,
And the drug-store, and shoe-shop, and grocery, all three--
But the little Town o` Tailholt is handy `nough fer me!

You kin smile and turn yer nose up, and joke and hev yer fun,
And laugh and holler "Tail-holts is better holts`n none!
Ef the city suits you better w`y, hit`s where you`d ort`o be--
But the little Town o` Tailholt`s good enough fer me!
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