The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-02-08
THE ELoPEMEST FROM BoB-FAIL
REND.

Wal, stranger, it wur the quarest thing, and
never could comprehend -s.
How she should've dar'd to run the resk, not
knowin' how it would end,
In leavin' with me that stormy night on the
steamboat at B0b-Taii Bend
We'd been on right squar squeezin' terms for
maybe month or more,
When the old man he got his back up, and he
sloShed around and swore.
And allowed If ever come thar agin he'd kick
me out o. the door.
Which. the more thought it over, the more it
4 gentle hint that wurn't required to be one
Which it made my idees q heap more sot that he
should be eucnered by me-
skursely know how it come around, but. one
A streaf Of Iightnin' Lit up the yarth, which a
calico dress it showed,
And then 1 heard q femanine voice-a voice
which At wunst knowed.
which never could comprehend.
Her and me, found, wur both q tryin' to get to
In the doggondest thunder storm, which we
thought it never would end.
We found thar the Piasah weodin' up, with her
bows run agin the shore;
We crossed on the stage plank and histed oHr-
which I asked II thar wur a preacher aboard as
quick as we got in the door.
The clerk p'inted out q claw-hammer coat
which wur sIung to a white cravat
And which it wnr all rooted over with the shin
Stranger sez i, we'd like to be hitched,-
which it wur what we wur at
If him and me had been thar alone, reckon
just would've went
And mildly mauled the gilt-edged cuss, as a live
" Commute stent
When he aid that we couldn't be spliced by
him without our parents consent
So we sat out the night and we talked Of our
love. and tho whisperin' all that she said.
and the pisteH's claRkin' tread.
And the rain washin' down on the hurriken deck
and the thunder claps over head
On maxim our Iandin' at Gilroy's Bar, matters
locked powerful blue.
And which it were Friday, and crowd wur
thar-thar close s0akin' all through,
A waitin' to witness cheerful sight-the hang
in of Jeems BuckalOo.
(And which the occasion wur, as heerd, that
Had pulled trigger as hewur ridin' another
mans hoss away.
Which it caused the owner to slip his breath, his
widder regretted to .say.)
But the clerk ne found ginuine square, which
he jined our hands on the boat.
tAnd which he had on a coon skin cap and Kahn
tucky jeens breeches and coat.)
But he got matters into an okard mux when he
tried the language to quote;
And which the fact wur he'd jest been elected
and hadn't yet learned up the jaw;
But in the certifxit which he writ out you
Fur eff his hand 20 write weren't so NICE the pa
per wur good in the law.
And there is the dockiment-dingy and stained; |
it tells just our startin in life
A life with love which it's allus been green
without any wrangle or strife
And which it couldn't never hev been nothin'
else, with a woman like Sue for wife.
How did the old man take it? Wal. stranger, he |
swaggered and sWore,
ed and raved and ripped and tore,
And allowed he'd let drylight through my liver, |
and don't know how many things more
But in less ZEN month he dEapped his spite; he |
found su'thin' better to do,
For he seen that my heart war sloppin'over with |
And that my honest young arms and hands had |
days work in 'cm all through.
And she isn't none o. your concave women she's |
plump possum in fall,
Which her face it is bright with the lovin'est |
smiles, without ary wrinkle at ALL
And she stands as straight as a liberty pole |
though she isn't not nighs so tall
And, yit it is twenty-four years ago, that we /
made up our minds, instead
o. sleepin' alone winters nights with the |
rafters close over head:
It'd be heap more comfort'bler to pile up two |
in q bed
there's only one way that know;
Whenever you find her clar down In the mouth, |
and sad, and her sperrits is low,
Which it is Just at such times then, your high
presstrest love you should show
But, may be to YOU, it isn't so quare, and may be
You comprehend
How she should've dar'd to run the resk and
reckonin' how it would end
In leayin' with me that stormy night on the
steamboat at Bob-tail Bend.