The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-15
BY DIR. o. T. DoZlER.

| think thuuk lie.
used to think the ladies were
All sweetnesses combined,
That they were all Gods last and best
OF perfectness refined,
That they were not half pad and pain
But angels from on high.
But thinking now of what thunk,
| think | thunk lie.
The preachers, too, used to think
Were not like other men,
And were not tempted OF the flesh
And could not therefore sin,
But since I'ye Travelled round II bit
I've watched them on the sly,
And thinking now of what | thunk,
think thunk Il lie.
The honest tiller of the soil
When marketing his crop,
Takes pains to put the ripe and best
Always upon the top.
used to think those honest men
Would never cheat nor try,
But thinking now of what l thunk,
| think | thunk l lie.
The edIrols, lordly set,
Who live on milk and honey,
They've nothing else Oh earth to do
But write aud rake in money,
Leastwise that way | used to think
But now it makes me cry,
TO think aheut the way thunk,
And how ! thunk a lie.
Now one OF these claimed us friend,
And when we came TO part
He promised me Il nice "send off, "
l thanked him from my heart.
Each issue since for that same puff
Pve scanned with eager eye,
But finding none, | can but think
OF how 1 thunk Il lie,
What noble men the doctors are
| used to think they came
From heavc or some heavenly land
And worked for love or fame,
That thoy could cure all human ills
And never let us die,
But thinking now of what | thunk,
think | think n lie.
The lawyer, too, used to think
Oh! God forgive the thought,
That their convictions of the right
Could not by knayes he bought,
That they Solld not n client rob
Or "sel" him on the sly,
But thinking now of what | thunk,
think thuHk a lie.
The dry goods men are honest, too,
They swear they sell ut cost,
used to think they told the truth,
And all their profits lost.
I Thought yard was full three feet,
Don't ask my reasons why,
But thinking now of wha, | thunk,
think thunk lie,
The hotel clerk, used to think,
Would try to be polite,
Would answer questions put to him,
Aud treat . stranger right.
That rather than he'd play the ass
4 hat ha NyouId soon ar die
But thinking now of what | thunk,
Ithink thuuk lie.
Aud then thought that Harrison
Who took old Growers sh oes,
Would have the backbone and the g
To give MS all our dues
But tariff laws and pension frauds
Still make the nation sigh,
Aud thinking now of what thunk,
think thunk lie.
used to think elections were
The public will to voice,
! Aud not a thimble rigsing game
To give the cliques their choice.
That patriotism played its part
Tho stills were never dry,
But thinking now of what thunk.
think | thunk lie.
| used to think that public schools
Would ill long ielt need,
BY teaching all our boys aud z iris
How to spell and read.
Bnt red tape and their rottenness
IseverA where the cry,
Aud when think Of what | thunk,
think thunk lie.
The niggers. too, usc'sto think.
II once they were set free,
Would make good honest citizeus,
Like white folks used to be.
Bat they have wandered tar from 2
The chickens still roost high.
Aud thinking now Of what l thunk
Ithiuk l tbunk lie.
fused to think the town police
with all his blue aud brass
would never sleep upon his post,
!, Nor let a criminal pass
That on blind tigers they would X
Anever watchfnl eye.
, Bet thinking now Of what ] thunk