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Eugene Field - Our Two Opinions
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Us two wuz boys when we fell out,—
  Nigh to the age uv my youngest now;
Don`t rec`lect what`t wuz about,
  Some small deeff`rence, I`ll allow.
Lived next neighbors twenty years,
  A-hatin` each other, me `nd Jim,—
He havin` his opinyin uv me,
  `Nd I havin` my opinyin uv him.

Grew up together `nd would n`t speak,
  Courted sisters, `nd marr`d `em, too;
Tended same meetin`-house oncet a week,
  A-hatin` each other through `nd through!
But when Abe Linkern asked the West
  F`r soldiers, we answered,—me `nd Jim,—
He havin` his opinyin uv me,
  `Nd I havin` my opinyin uv him.

But down in Tennessee one night
  Ther` wuz sound uv firin` fur away,
`Nd the sergeant allowed ther` `d be a fight
  With the Johnnie Rebs some time nex` day;
`Nd as I wuz thinkin` uv Lizzie `nd home
  Jim stood afore me, long `nd slim,—
He havin` his opinyin uv me,
  `Nd I havin` my opinyin uv him.

Seemed like we knew there wuz goin` to be
  Serious trouble f`r me `nd him;
Us two shuck hands, did Jim `nd me,
  But never a word from me or Jim!
He went his way `nd I went mine,
  `Nd into the battle`s roar went we,—
I havin` my opinyin uv Jim,
  `Nd he havin` his opinyin uv me.

Jim never come back from the war again,
  But I ha` n`t forgot that last, last night
When, waitin` f`r orders, us two men
  Made up `nd shuck hands, afore the fight.
`Nd, after it all, it`s soothin` to know
  That here I be `nd yonder`s Jim,—
He havin` his opinyin uv me,
`Nd I havin` my opinyin uv him.
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