Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-04-22
lRor the Union and AnsTieanI
SUIT LovKNGooDs VERSION OF OLD BURNss
BULL RIDE.
By 81, OF TENNESSEE.

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bosses an dust an bees, thar stingin counts for
glory hit wur es glorious start es ever man he'd
as,-o alters septin Ole Fills start agn Ole Buck.
He he'd all the nizs dust squealin an kiekin IN
the start au he he'd the orul sDgin too nj onto the
out oum-well, he he'd. An the only way the ole
TELLER eud cure the swelin arter the stingin
he got wur to marry fust rate oman, full owe game
an lis es rely es cold sous Gin me brite eyed
oman, what nos the ropes, fur holdin thar han agn
eny thing in breeehes, no odds how hi they holds
thar heds She'll bring thar nose tn the bottum owe
the trof an they'll lean hit thar tn rest thar SETS
we'll, they will hearn Teller once speak speech
that coffin Wur king BE Wur an onmolhed ID
fool. ur warnt man ct all, ur was tryin tn cum
hit over the crowd Dimin king. Just gin them
the issun ont owe what badfaee they thinks rite fur
thar purpos, an III jist agree tn be ehueked he'd |
fust inter the ruver when the mush Use am runnin'
eff thew don't rule the roast, an coffin muney ur
good hard seuoe be durud; they wont be no whar ef
sOt agin an oman. Now mine this fac George |
oummin es hit dus frum the cussedest fool ye ever
seed. Hits this: whenever ye find a thing ye cant
du yer self list set a she onto the trail an eft she
don't du hit fur yu I'll bind misef tn leav rot gut
alone fur un cullindery mine, ole teLier' "un
thing; she mustlove ye monsrously, ur yu mus pay
mOnsrOusy but eff she says she will, why the things
dun did.
But about ole Fatty Burns an his express bull ride
AFTER they got outen the lane they struck piece
owe timber Ian thar he lost his wepun the baskti
then he betuck his self tn onWindin the rope oten
the bulls hons, an raped hit rOun his lef han
Squire Mills hes monsrOus tn cross ole bull, what
hes the Frogy Mountain range fur his sukit this
year he jist goes whar he durnd please-an
thinks his self sum apples among dried grapes ur
| simmons An he happsned tn be broWsin about
/ in this yere woods, hearin Ole Sock bellerln
he got mad an tuck hit fur a challings an insult
tu So he raked up sum dirt with his frunt hun an
sprinkled nit over his back; then he dug sum more
/ outen bank With his hons an lifted hit with his
foot an spread hit over his sef then he tuck extra
twist ur two in his tail histed hit strae up in the
ar; an about this time felt ready tn meet the devil
| hon tn hon, eff he cum in shape owe COW oeste'
Ole Sock and his rider cum in site tarin, an they
! smelt each other. Both wer ded game an monsrous
hot under the collier; so big, yearth shakin ite
were morally durnd sertin BARN lick owe ilitenen
or a rifle shot inter Wun owe thar curls Els soon as
Ole Burns seed luther BULL he understood adzactly
| what wer cumin an when; so ne lesnd his sef back
outer the rope powful, till he pulled the strup loops
lite An fast ontu his shoes an he hauled Ole Socks
nose an lip way up atween his eyes by the rlPg'
sorter like histin raw hide Outen vat with hon
hook his face looked like hit kinned, ur ded
beef's he'd onto live bulls body. He Wur the Wust
Ookin COW brute in the face ye ever seed, an made
| his bellsRin SCUM like he had the rattles. But In
spite owe all this Sock steamed ahead strate toards
his inimy. He didn't keer a single durn fur eny
thing sine his intercours with the honey makers an
| his mistifkashun in that ar baskit Ole Burns
cumenced q snacbin brush frum the trees, fust Wun
side an then luther, es he passed, an 3 warm owe
en- out over the inside owe Socks histed lip, rite
down atween his hons. Es fast es he wore EN- out
he'd snach more He's the best man fur usin bss-
kits or brush in en- emergency 1 ever seed. Hi
how he'd thrive in bad muskitter country; they
never git in suckin distans owe him. But hit all
vur hard thrashin wasted. The two bellerin mer-
sheens sssotiated-they sOt thar beds ugether like
two drunk Locomotives wud. When they hit, down
cum thar tails but they histed EN- sgin in moment
an shakin owe EN- at the pints, serter like they
wanted tn git the dust outen the hsr. The shock
fotch ole Burns outer the dogWoOd sadil an onter
the neck; but he craw6shed back durnd quick, an
never stopped his thrashin owe EN- over thar beds
an eyes. The mex time they mixed they cum BY
guess, with thar eyes shot, fur fear owe that per-
l petul mOshun brush. Hit just rsined brush well
mi1d with sum orful short han cussin The Mills
bulls mtey smart kritter tn be COW beste, an he
preshiated adzaetly Ole Burnss power with q han
full owe brush So while Ole Sock wur gWine thru
a gran charge blind, he tuck circumbendibus rOun
an gin him Marcy's game on ole Fuss, Dustin hot
fire in the rar He jist cum in atween his hint
lags an berried he'd an hons thar Onder full run,
histin Socks starn two foot clar owe the yesrth
an rite then his tail cum down with a swish, an hi
Wur tuck along wheelbarrer fsshun onto his fore
fast an powfully agin his convenience
With the smellin aind his he'd draWd hle
nur ever towards his curl the brush mersheen still
in blast an gittin faster and harder, an Ole Burn
snscbin owe more. The bellern an cussin wer nov
mixed nj onto es ekul es keerful man mixes whis
XIV aud warter an the mixtry made dOleful SCUM
Eff yu'd hearn hit at hat mile, yu'd knowd thai
wer heap owe hurtn an rath gwine on Whar l
cum frum Ole Sock wer fastened in this onnateral
akerd way over a fell pine tree an thar Ole Mill
stopped spOse tn see the efec owe his new plan oV
f ftin, an hit wur a durnd fool thing, fur eff het
KEEP that ar he'd owe hisn in clOst cumunion will
L Socks starn, he'd been boun tn spoke the Wur
afore long But hit gin i'm time tn turn roun Al
8 cum he'd On agin, the material bull ftin way. Ole
e Mills he'd holesum fear owe the steam brush mil
what Sock kerried so he cum hit bline sgin, an tn
mex time they met they missed, an the hon run on
] der Ole Burns laig an atween the rope girth al
, Socks side He gin a twist busted the girth
swung Ole Burns an the saddil rOun an roun q fey
times in the ar, an tn zen lent big sling, the sad
dill tn hest, an hit hung Onter the snag lin owe
ded pine, list hi emf tn let Ole Burns hans sOrte
? fetch grOun. Thar he hung. He cussed now L
yesrnsst. an he mixed in a little prayin with hit
for he he'd a streak owe skeer in his mad. Now
when he foun his sef hung up by the heels like on
ter a ded hog, an two bulls ftin round i'm, nj
vOise wer changed mitely, fur his CUTS ian
he'd few owe em) bore down towards his he'd
an hit sounded like he wur down in q well, W he'd
locust in his throat. He bemOaned his condishu
DO wfuI cussed Scisly awhile the first caus, the
oussed me es the imejit csus, an ClapshaW es aux
illery. an talked orfuI about shot guns, clubs
grave wards, an the birthstone works Onder the ker
owe the devil 1 tell ye hit tremenjus, cummi
frum man owe family hung up by the heels tn
tree har two dredful ole bulls Wer st war. WuI
got runnin 90 onter luther and backed him agiT
Ole BE- rms at the rate pidgn Ayiu, an toted the
ole fel Ter way out tn side, es fur es the rope
? let en- an tn make hit wus, he d grabbed detl
holt OF ito a tail, an hilt long es he cud stan hi
fur his ankils Then he let go sn swung tick
tick like onto a durnd ole clock what wur benin
time an q tryin tn ketch up, an snatchin at tn
roots an weeds, fetchin his hans-fuu every grab
trim tn stop hissef; the cussn an Prayln gWinI
! O al the time WIS
H., Lot nd in his
vsrd. he's ths best pluck I ever seed. Well, tina
they it, roun and rOun, tsrin up the yesth an roots
4 en- har, al bull meat. TOrectly they cum agin fru
behue slaher agin the ole stud an erried I'm forar
this time, an not clock fashun, side wise. Es 500
es the starn owe ole Mills hit him. he tuck tail no
and hilt hit till his shoes off, an he fell smao
atop owe the Squire beds en- tails. He got hissef
good holt inter each owe the TANKS, ''n locked
laigs rOun his neck (Oh! he's jist es redy es cat
en- he made his arrangements tn stay thar all NIT
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