Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-06-24
the FINE ARKANSAS oENrLEaAN.


Now oil good fellows, listen, and story will leu
or mighty clever gentleman " no lives extremely wen
la The western part Of Arkansaw. close 10 The inua
whr,s no ues drunk once week whiskey and inhi.o
a,e.y sobers himself completely on The very best OF
6ne Arkansas gen eman close TO The Choc,nw line
r,; So ,,ronooo gentlemen has mighty fine estate
OF Ave or six thousand acres or more o unu a VIII
vn,,h preut deal some day or other u ne ooh XIII
himself 100 soon, and will only condescend to wait
And four FIVE dozen negroes that would ra'ner "oS INA"
Ana snch Quantities Of horses and cattle and pigs and other
poultry tina, he prctends 10 know how many he
This se Arkuus,. gentleman, close to the Chocraw line
This fine Arkansas gentleman has built splendid house,
On The edge OF big pruirie extremely well populated VII"
deer, and harrs, and grouse; ,,; marc
And when ne wants 10 feast his friends, nc ias o'"s
Than 10 leave the pot lid off,
hy straight into the pot knowing nell shoo' ''e'" =
they don't and he has splendid Stew ~
This fne Arkansas gentleman, close 10 the Choc'a" ae
This fine Arkansas gentleman makes several ous
I,neas from drought worm or getting oao s!ano VI
soms oher such contingency his crop 10 Short or
And when ,s picked and gnned and balet no puts II on
d ee, aboard himself likewise and charters the bar and
has devil of SPREE while down TO New Orleans nc
Thia fine Arkansas gentleman close the Chocaw line
And when he gets New Orleans he sacks clothing store
And puts 10 a, the City Hotel The 81 Louis The 81 Cnares
The Verandah and all The other hotels IN the CITY, u
no succeeds in fndin. any more
Then he draws upon his merchanl ana goes ana ea
Every man Kentucky and Arkansas ana Alabama ano
Virginia. and the Chocaw nation, and every vaga.
,rh; Arkansas gentleman close 10 the Choctaw line
The last time he down there when he thought OF going
back,
about fifteen days less he discovered that by
lending and by spending, and by being prey in gen.
eral 10 gamblers hackmen, oaters, brokers, boosters
taiors, servants, aud many other individuals white
and black
And had nothing left show for hem barrn two or three
headaches, an invincible thirst and extremely gen
eral and promscuuus acquaintance in The aore saio
New Orleans -
This 6ne Arkansas gentleman, close the Choctaw line
Now now this gentleman home is neither here nor there
But i've cediby informed he swoIe worse ihan iory
sayen pirates and hercely combcd his hair
And ate, he got safely home they say he TOOK an oath
That he'd bet again al any game oil cards. aut
moreover for want of decent advisers he forswor,
yhiskey and women both
This fine Arkansas gentleman, close 10 the Chocaw line
This fine Arkansas gentleman went strong Tor Pierce an'
And NO came on to Washington get nice fu office %
some other mighty comfortable thing;
But like him from Jerusalem that went 10 jericho,
He fell among the thieves again, and could moi win be
whether he coppered NOT 80 his cash was bound Il
go;
This fine Arkansas gentleman close TO the Choctaw line
TX.
So when his moneys n gone, he took unto his bed,
And Doctor Reyburn physcked him and the chhrnbermud
who had great affection for him, with her arm helt
up his head;
And all his friends came weeping round anu bidding mn
adleu,
And two or three dozen preachers, whom he didn't know
ALL and didn't curse il he didn't came praying
for him
This fine Arkansas gentleman close TO the Chocsw line
Thew closed his eyes spread him all ready for the
tomb
And merely 10 console themselves they opened the bgges
kind of IA game Of faro right there in his own room.
But when he checks he flung The linen OF his face
And sung out Just precisely he used TO do when hr
alive,
"Prnde don't turn hold on 90 twenty on The King and
copper the Ace!"
This fine Arkansas gentleman close 10 the Choctaw line
PIKE.