Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1880-11-11
BuRlEsQuE ON FIRST LOVE

BuklESQuE un fikSl luvE.
l long have loved Sal Jones, but she
Could dress so much finer than me,
That l could never think to go
In company with her, you know.
But I'd pass by thar once a week,
And every time she'd grinan' speak,
And look so sweet, my heart woulu
futter,
And halfbewildered l would mutter,
"Good mornim' Sal, and how's your
mother.D
And then I'd call her little brother,
And talk to him, but watch the door
To e Sal trip across the Hoor.
She'd step quicker than MANS pet
lamb,
And throw the pots round with q
slam;
For GALS are cunnin' things you see,
And Sal was spreadin nets for me.
She was a tarnal purity gal,
And all the boys were arter Sal,
Which cot me SO COMPOUNDED skeer'd
I co1ld not sleep 1 was so ''feered."
Now [ knew mann to be dads Eve,
SO [ Just Sw re to her I'd leave,
If he did not get me some clothes,
Which filed her eyes and saclled
her nose.
| knew I was all settn' then,
For women's tears soon soften men;
And dad just gave it up right strait
When mann told him [ wOaldn't walt.
He went to town and bought for me
The finest pair of boots-whooppe!
With breecheS. coat aqd eatin vest,
And paper collars 'mOng tae rest.
/ put them on, and mann and dad
Both vowed l was q handsome lad.
While l reached back and smoothed
my hair,
And thought how Sal at me would
stare.
[ felt so large, so tall and grad
| could not either sit nor stand;
But made for JOnes's like a bee,
For thar my honey was you see.
When [ got thar old Jones md wife,
Both vowed they could not for their
life
Tell who L was, till just before
I bored and entered In the door.
"Yhy JOSH. on are a man." said
they,
While Sal with her sweet eyes so.
gray,
Looked up and answered eyes, and
he
No doubt a husband soon will Ee."
"For L heard Betsy Virgins say
When | was thar the other day,
That she intended to have you
For your black hair and eyes so blue.
When Sal said this, he knew full
we'll
But gals in trickery eXcei-
That | for bets did have no use,
And only did it for excuse,
Or bait to make me Owl that she
Herself was all the gal for me;
But tbs l was too green to know,
And let the golden moment go.
I gaped and stretched, and saun-
ter d round,
On sparkin' firmly bent and bound,
AS soon as Sal the work got done
And she was goin' in a run.
AS soon as supper was all DER
And Sal had swept the Kitchen floor,
[ sat down trenholm by her side,
And every AIT at courtShip tried.
tailed of thickens, ducks and
geese,
And which sheep had the whitest
fleece,
And all about old Flowers calf,
And every time she'd grin Ed laugh.
Thus we went on in busy chat,
Talking Of this and then OF that,
Till /, by chance, as ed Sal If she
Loved big BILL Tompkins more than
me.
This set all things to goin' right,
And banished ev'ry trouble quite,
For she pronounced meal Eer own,
In words that would have melted
stone.
l felt love glowing i'll my sonl,
And streams Of bliss upon Inc roll,
For L now thought she d be my wife
Aud with that end all toll and strife.
I grabbed her in my arms ana felt
Ny very soul within me melt,
Like- sugar poured in lasses sweet,
The minute that our lips did meet.
We Rugged and bussed, and hussed
agin.
And bussed SO loud old Jones came
i'll
" 18th pOher drawn to crac my head
Good heavens! but for life L fed
Hoped the fence-old Dash loped
me,
And tore my breeches to the knee,
Which when the ueiGhDOr BOYS