Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-05-14
law as Related by a Well
ITS SUI xuown Musician.

tune , U tbe second part. At the time the
EnoS .,o ~" reached the house it was rain
iFa' CIV hard, and he was anxious to OBJ
ing .boster from the storm, although the
ian aus Looked anything but shelter, as
Dol guy covered with clapboards, and the
1--WE " p as leaking in at every crack. The
n y MANS "r daughter seemed to be getting
90 aa n,,' while a small boy was laying the
NiP w, and the old lady sat in the door
-s r near her husband, admiring the
10 stranger, on coming up, said:
now irG do YOU do?" The man merely
,, mC at him, and, continuing to play,
IA; Il do as please.
A Tnm Il tum, lum ii tum, lum ii tum, ii.
SIS YOUR name 10 Anderson?
q W-Plain old Joe. plays lum ty
+ INN, ii, Ii lum ii ii ty.)
S~Are YOU the landlord here?
q M-Go in and ask my wife.
INN Ii tv lum ty tum.
S-Can stay here?
O NJ don't want you.
linn ii ty, tum ii ty tum.
S-Where did you learn that tune?
OM-Of a man in Arkansaw. Now go
about your business.
Lum ii te.
S.-What kind of a man was he?
O. M.-0h, an old fool. Come to think
Of it, he looked like you.
Lum ii ty, lum ii ty, lum ii ty ii.
Show long have you been living
here?
O.M.-D'ye see that mountain there :?
Well that was there when l came here.
S.-Can l stay here tonight?
q. Mo you can't stay here. Lum
i tum, lum ii tum, lum ii tum-ti.
Slow long will it take me to get to
he next tavern?
0. M.-Well, you'll not get thar at all
fv0u stand thar foolin' with me all night.
Llm ii tum, lum ii tum, lum ii tum-ti.
Swell, how far do you call it to the
next tavern?
0. Nj reckon its upwards of some
distance. lum ii tum, lum ii tum, lum
tum-ti.
ST am very dry, do you keep any
Pirt in your house?
0. M-Do you think my house is
auntei? They say there's plenty OF
4 TEN down to the graveyard.
Lm ii tum, lum ii tum, lum ii tum, ii.
How do they cross the river, ahead ?
M.-The ducks all swim across.
N ii tum, lum ii tum, lum ii, tum, ii.
How far is it to the forks of the
m'
~ M--I've been living here nigh on
tEenty years, and there amt no road
Ged vii.
Lum ii tum, lum ii tum, lum ii tum, ii.
4 Give me some satisfaction, if you
ase, sir; where does this road go to?
j o. M.-Well, it hain't moved a steI
nee I've been here.
Lum ii tum, lum ii tum, lum ii tum, ii
S-Why don't you cover your house
leaks?
0. M.-'Cause it's raining.
S.-Then why don't you cover it when
Ills not raining?
0. M.-'Cause it don't leak Tum Ii
tim, hum ii tum, tum ii tum, til
S-Why don't you play the second
part Of that tune?
0. M-If you are better player than
am, PLAY it yourself. I'll bring the
fiddle out to you. l don't want you in
here. ..
Stranger plays the second part of the
tune.
4 0. M.-Git over the fence and come in
+ and sit down. l didn't know you could
play. You can board here if you want
TO- Kick the dog off that stool and sci
down and play it over again.
Stranger plays second part.)
O,M-0ur supper is ready now Wont
Nuhave some with us?
ST you please!
O. M.-What will you take, tea Of
coffee?
S-A cup of tea, if you please.
nOM.-Sal, git the grubbin hoe and &c
ug some sassafTas, quick
Od man plays the first part-Lum t
iun, lum ii tum, lum, ii tum, til
). Ito the little boy)-Bub, give me
Emile and fork if you please.
Boy-We hain't got no knives anc
uks, sir.
S-Ihen give me spoon.
Boy-We hain't got no spoons, neither
Swell, then, how do you do.
Boy-Tolerable, thank you; how az
You do, sir?
Plays second part-Lum ii tum, lun
llm, lum ii tum.
y, Make this mans horse into the
SChen and give him the best in the
-lnSe; the tune is worth it.
The dialogue varies with the wit OF th'
SSIIrator, much of it being impromtu
Aa residents of Cincinnati who hay'
afd Iosso play this need not be told
wv IN his happier moods he was won
make the dialogue sparkle Like tn
~eslc 1t would be graceful bit OF re
.uge Tor our bachelors and benedicts t
Ssalge benefit performance for thu
~ old musician, and let the younge
h. ,Hfeyerent generation hear and Sc
Gos themselves what giants there were II
muse old days.