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James Whitcomb Riley - When Lide Married _Him_
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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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