The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-03
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OF perfeGtness refined;
That they were not half pads and pai
But angels from on high;
But thinking now of what / thunk.
| thiuk | thunk a lie.
The preachers, too, I used to think
Were not like other men,
And were not tempted of the flesh.
And could not, therefore, sin;
But since I've travelled round a bit,
I've watched them on the sly,
And thinking now of what 1 thunk
/ think | thunk a lie.
The honest tiller of the soil,
When marketing his crop,
Takes pains to put the ripe and best
Always upon the top.
I used to think those honest men
Would neve cheat, MOI try;
But thinking now of what I thunk,
| think | thunk a lie.
The editors, a lordly set,
Who live on n ilk and honey.
They've nothing el>e on earth to do
But write and rake in money.
Leastwise that way | used to think,
But now it makes me cry,
To think of what ! thunk,.
And how | thunk a lie.
What noble men the doctors are
used to think they came
From heaven or some heavenly land,
And worked for love OF fame;
That they could cure all human ills
And never let us die;
But thinking now of what I thulk,
[ think l thunk a lie.
The lawyers, too, I used to think
o.! God, forgive the thought
That their convictions of the right
Could not by knaves be bought;
That they would not a client rob,
Or sell him on the sly,
But thinking now of what 1 thunk,
[ think / thunk a lie.
The dry goods men are honest, too;
They swear they sell at cost
| used to think they told the truth,
And all their profits lost,
| thought a yard was full three feet,
Don't ask my reason why,
But thinking now Of what l thunk,
l think I thunk a lie.
The hotel clerk, 1 used to think,
Would be polite;
Would answer questions put to him,
And treat a stranger right;
That rather than he'd play the ass,
That he would sooner die;
But thinking now of what | thunk,
I think thunk a lie.
The democrats, I used to think,
If once they got the floor,
Would turn the dirty rascals out
And kick 'em from the door;
That they would stop the tariff steal,
That piles the surplus high;
But when I think of what I thunk,
+ | think / thunk a lie.
And her 1 thought that Harrison,
Who took old Growers shoes,
Would have the backbone and the gri
To give us all our dues.
But laws and pension frauds
Still make the nation sigh.
And thinking nov of what l thunk,
I think | thunk a lie.
[ used to think elections were
The public will to voice,
And not a thimble-rigging game
To give the cliques their choice;
That patriotism played its part,
Though stills were never dry,
But thinking now of what I thunk,
l think l thunk a lie.
fused to think the public schools
Would fill a long felt need,
By teaching all our boys and girls
How to spell and read.
But their red tape and rottenness,
Is everywhere the cry,
And when I think of what I thunk,
think 1 thunk a lie.
The niggers, too, I used to think,
If NEE they were set free,
Would make good, honest citizens,
Like white folks used to be.
But they have wandered far from grace
The chickens still roost high,
And thinking now of what I thunk,
/ think l thunk lie.
I used to think the town police,
With all his blue and brass,
Would never sleep upon his post,
Nor let a criminal pass.
That on blind tigers they would keep
An ever watchful eye,
But thinking To- of what I thunk.
I think I thunk a lie.
Our calaboose, 1 used to think
Was strong as any jail,
That they who'd try It's walls to break
Would most assuredly fail.
That guardsmen there to duty sworn,
Would meier let prisoners fly;
But thinking now of what | thunk,
I think I thunk a lie.
I used to think the poor Chinee
Was worse than Mclean man;
That we should missionaries send
With civilizations plan.
But thinking now of late events,
Beneath our southern sky,
rather think that what I thunk,
Was "wusser" than a lie.
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