The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-12-11


Betsey has talked with me,
And so we've agreed together that we
can't never agree,
Not that we've catched each other In
any terrible crime
We've been gathering this for years, q
little at a time.
There was stock of temper we both
had for start,
Although we never suspected 'twould
take us two apart;
l had my various feelings, bred IN the
flesh and bone,
And Betsey, like all good women, had
temper of her own.
The first thing l remember, whenever
we disagreed,
Twas something concerning heaven-s
difference in our creed;
We arg'ed the thing at breakfast, we
arg ed the thing at tea,
And the more we arg'ed the question,
the more we didn't agree.
The next thing I remember, was when
we lost COW,
She had kicked the bucket for certain,
the question was Cnly-how
] had my own opinion and Betsey anoth-
er had,
And when we were done a-talkin, we
both of US was mad.
And the next thing remember, 1t star
ted in joke,
But full for a week it lasted, and neither
of US spoke;
And the next thing was when scolded
because she broke bowl
She said l was mean and stingy, and
hadn't any soul.
And so that bowl kept pouring discus
sions in our cup;
And so that blamed cow-critter was al
ways a-cOming up;
And so the heaven we arg'eG no nearer
TO us got,
But it gave us a taste of somethln' a
thousand times as hot
And so the thing kept workin' and all in
the self-same way,
Always somethin' to argyle and something
sharp to say;
And down on US came the neighbors,
couple % dozen strong,
And lent their kindest service 10 help
the thing along.
And there has been days together and
many a weary week,
We was both of as cross and spunky,
..- and, both too proud to speak
And have been thinkin' and thinkin'
the whole of the winter and fall,
If l can't live kind with woman, why,
then, L won't live at all.
And SO talked with Betsey, and Betsey
has talked with me,
And we've agreed together that we can
never agree
And what's hers shall be hers, and what
is mine shall be mine,
And I'll put it in the agreement and take
il to her to sign.
Write on the paper, lawyer-the very
first paragraph
OF all the farm and live stock that she
shall have her half,
For she has helped to earn it through
many weary day,
And it's nothing more than justice that
Betsey has her pay.
Give her the house and homestead-a
man can thrive and roam,
But women are skeery critters, unless
they have a home;
And have always determined and new
er failed to say,
That Betsey should never want home,
if was taken away.
There is little hard money thst's draw
A couple o. hundred dollars, laid by for
rainy day,
Safe in the hands Of good men, and easy
to get at ...r
Put in another clause there, and give
her the half of that.
Yes, see you smile, sir, at my giving
her SO much,
Yes, divorce is cheap, sir, but take no
stock in such
True and fair / married her, when she
was blithe and young,
And Betsy was always kind TO me, ex-
ceptin' with her tongue.
Once when I was young as you, and not
so smart, perhaps,
For me, she mittened, a lawyer ar sew
eral other chaps;
And all of them was tlustered and fairly
taken down,
And for time was counted the luck |
lest man in town.
And when once had fever-I wont
forget it soon,
I was as hot as a roasted turkey and era
w as loon
Never an hour Went by nae wheR she /
was out al sight
She nuFsed me-true and tender aud stuck |
by me, day and night.
And if ever house was tidy, and ever a |
kitchen clean,
The house and kitchen was tidy as any /
] ever seer
and don't complain of Rstsey or any |
Of her acts,
Exceptin' when we've quarreled and told
each other facts
So draw up the papers, lawyer, and I'll
90 home tonight,
And read the agreement to her and see
if it's all right
And then in the mornin' pn sell to 8
tradin' man / know,
And iii kiss the child that was left 70
us, and out into the world I'll go.
And one thing put in the paper, that
first 10 me didn't occur,
That when am dead at last, she'll bring
me back 10 her,
And lay me under the naples 1 planted
long ago,
When she and / was happy, before we
quarreled so.
And when she dies I wish that she would
be laid by me,
And, lying together in silence, perhaps
we will agree;
And if ever we meet IN heaven, i
wouldn't think il queer,
II we loved each ether the better, be-
cause we 4uarreled here.
HOW BETsEY AND I MADE UP. |
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