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You have heard of the wonderful one hoss shay	A
That was built in such a logical way	A
It ran a hundred years to a day	A
And then of a sudden it up and bust	B
And all that was left was a mound of dust	B
Holmes O W told it well	C
In a rhyme of his what there was to tell	C
But the one hoss shay wasn't one two three	D
With a vehicle once belonged to me	D
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One hoss No sir Not six nor nine	E
Twenty there were in this rig of mine	E
Twenty hosses as tough as rocks	F
All caged up in a sort of box	F
That stood jist back of the forward wheels	G
Right She was one of those automobiles	G
With twenty hosses bottled inside	H
Hosses that not only pull but ride	H
Wonder what Holmes would have had to say	A
If the mare had rode in his one hoss shay	A
I reckon the shay would have logicked out	I
Before the century rolled about	I
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Well this big touring car I say	A
Was built just like the one hoss shay	A
Some dependable logical way	A
Flipflaps dujabs wheels and things	J
Levers thing gum bobs and springs	J
Hub and felloe and hoss power chest	K
One part just as strong as the rest	K
So logic is logic as Holmes would say	A
And no one part could first give way	A
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Wonderful vehicle you'll admit	L
With not one flaw in the whole of it	L
As long as I had it I declare	M
I hadn't one cent to pay for repair	M
It couldn't break down because you see	D
It was such a logical symphony	D
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Now for my tale We're not so slow	N
These days as a hundred years ago	N
And it's like enough that the one hoss shay	A
Ambling along in its sleepy way	A
Should creep a century 'thout a break	O
But nowadays we aim to make	O
A pace that is something like a pace	P
And if that old shay got in our race	P
It would stand the pressure twenty days	Q
And go to the home of played out shays	Q
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Logic is logic Just figure this out	I
For I know just what I'm talking about	I
If a one hoss vehicle genus shays	Q
Will stand our pressure twenty days	Q
Then vice versa a twenty hoss shay	A
Should stand the pressure just one day	A
Well mine is a logical automobile	R
From rubber tire to steering wheel	R
I bought it one morning at just	B
And the very next morning what did it do	S
Right on the second but up and bust	B
Talk of the old shay's pile of dust	B
That's not logical my mobile	T
Vanished completely Brass and steel	R
Iron and wood and rubber tire	U
Went right up in a gush of fire	U
And in half a minute a gassy smell	C
Was all I had left by which to tell	C
I ever owned a touring car	V
And then that vanished and there you are	V
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End of my twenty hoss power shay	A
Logic is logic That's all I say	A

Ellis Parker Butler

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