The Norsk Nightingale Being the Lyrics of a Lumberyack
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Ay yust bet yu she get groggy, for her yob ban purty tough; But the bell don't "dingle dangle, " it ant even making bluff. " Val, by yinger!" say the sexton, "dis bar rope ban awful tight. " Yosephine look down, and tal him, " Cur- few skol not reng to-night!" 56 HIS POETICAL TRANSLATIONS Purty soon it ban all over. Sexton, he ban start for town, And Miss Yosie rest a minute, den ay s'pose she coming down. Anyhow, she go next morning for gude talk vith some poleece, And she yolly Maester Cromwe...ll he ban Yustice of the Peace. " Gude for yu, " say Maester Cromwell, " ay - skol let him live, all right: Yust because yu fule dis sexton curfew skol not reng to-night ! " 57 THE NORSK NIGHTINGALE A PSALM OF LIFE Tal me not, yu knocking fallers, Life ban only empty dream; Dar ban planty fun, ay tal yu, Ef yu try Yohn Yohnson's scheme. Yohn ban yust a section foreman, Vorking hard vay up on Soo; He ban yust so glad in morning As ven all his vork ban tru. "Vork, " say Yohn, " ban vat yu mak it. Ef yu tenk yure vork ban hard, Yu skol having planty headaches, Yes, yu bet yure life, old pard; But ay alvays yerk my coat off, Grab my shovel and my pick, And dis yob ant seem lak hard von Ef ay du it purty qvick.
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