THOUGHTS ON A PORE JOKE

I like fun — and I like jokes

‘ Bout as well as most o’ folks!—

Like my joke, and like my fun;—

But a joke, I'll state right here,

‘ S got some p'int — er I do n't keer

Fer no joke that hai n't got none.—

I hai n't got no use, I'll say,

Fer a pore joke, anyway!

F'rinstunce, now, when some folks gits

To relyin’ on theyr wits,

Ten to one they git too smart

And spile it all, right at the start!

Feller wants to jest go slow

And do his thinkin’ first, you know.

‘ F I can n't think up somepin’ good,

I set still and chaw my cood!

‘ F you think nothin’ — jest keep on,

But do n't say it — er you're gone!