The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-04-07
THINK THUNK A LIE.
By DR.. O. T. Dozier

i USED TO CnlDk WDcil L WAS yOUA6s
And my heart was free from guile
That there was grief in every tear
And Joy In every smile.
That friendship was not all cheat
And love could never die,
But thinking now Of what i thunk
/ tbinkI thunk lie.
used to think about myself
And think that would oe
A governor or president,
Or general Ike Lee.
But have waited long In vain,
Whilst years rolled slowly by,
And thinking now of what l thunk,
I think / thunk lie.
/ used to think that ladies were
All sweetness combined,
That they were all Gods last and best
OF perfectness refined.
That they were not half pads and pain
But angels from on high,
But thinking now of what ! thunk
/ know / thunk lie.
The preachers too used to think
Were not like other men,
And we're not tempted of the flesh,
And could not therefore sin.
But since I've travelled round bit
I've watched them on SLY,
And thinking now OF what thunk
think thunk Il lie.
The finest 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 never cheat nor try,
But thinking now of what thunk
/ think ] thunk lie.
The editors, lordly set,
Who live on milk and honey,
They've nothing else on earth to do
But write and rake Ill money.
Leas:wise that way I used to think
But now 1t makes me cry
To think about the way | thunk,
And how | thunk lie.
What noble men the doctors are,
used TO think they came
From heaven or some heavenly land,
And worked for love and fame,
That they could cure all human ills
And never let us die,
But thinking now of what l thunk
/ think / thunk a lie.
The lawyers too, used to think
Oh God forgive the thought,
That their conviction OF the right
Could not by knayes be bought,
That they would not client rob,
Or "sell" him on the sly,
But thinking now OF what l thunk
/ think l thunk lie.
The dry goods men are honest, too,
They swear they sell at cost,
I used to think they told the truth,
And all their profits lost.
I thought gard was full three feet
Don't ask my reasons why,
But thinking now OF what thunk
/ think l thunk lie.
The hotel clerk used to think,
Would try to be polite,
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And treat stranger right,
That rather than he'd play the ass,
That he would sooner die,
But thinking now Of what l thunk
/ think / thunk lie.
The Democrats, / used to think
II 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 surplrs high,
But when think of what l thunk
/ think / thunk lie.
And then I thought that Harrison.
Who took old Growers shoes,
Would have the backbone and the gri
To give us all our dues,
But tariff laws and pension frauds,
Still makes the nation sigh,
And thinking now OF what l thunk,
l think thunk lie.
/ used to think elections we're
The public will to voice,
And not a thimb!e rigging game
To give the cliques their choice.
That patriotism played its part
Tho stills were never dry
But thinking now OF what 1 thunk
/ think I thunk lie.
I used to think that public schools
Would fill long felt need,
By teaching all our boys and girls,
How to spell and read.
But red tape and rotteness,
Is everywhere the cry,
And when l think of what thunk
I think thunk lie.
The niggers too, used to think,
If once they we're set tree,
Would maze good honest citizens
Like white folks used to be.
But they have wandered far from ga
Tie chickens still roost high
But thinking now of what I thunk
/ know thunk lie.
I used to think the town police
With all the blue and brass,
Would never sleep upon his post
Nor let criminal pass,
That on blind tigers they would kee
An ever watchful eye,
But thinking now of what I thunk
/ think / thunk-a lie.
Our calaboose, used to think,
Was strong as any Jail,
That they which try its walls to bres
Would most assuredly fail,
That guardsmen to duty sworn,