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James Whitcomb Riley - The Hoodoo
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Owned a pair o` skates onc`t.--Traded
    Fer `em,--stropped `em on and waded
  Up and down the crick, a-waitin`
  Tel she`d freeze up fit fer skatin`.
  Mildest winter I remember--
    More like Spring- than Winter-weather!--
  Did n`t _frost_ tel bout December-
    Git up airly ketch a` feather
  Of it, mayby, `crost the winder--
  Sunshine swinge it like a cinder!

  Well--I _waited_--and _kep_` waitin`!
    Couldn`t see my money`s w`oth in
  Them-air skates and was no skatin`,
    Ner no hint o` ice ner nothin`!
  So, one day--along in airly
  Spring--I swopped `em off--and barely
  Closed the dicker, `fore the weather
    Natchurly jes slipped the ratchet,
  And crick--tail-race--all together,
    Froze so tight cat couldn`t scratch it!
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