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Some peoples thinks they ain't no Fairies now	A
No more yet But they is I bet 'Cause ef	B
They wuzn't Fairies nen I' like to know	C
Who'd w'ite 'bout Fairies in the books an' tell	D
What Fairies does an' how their picture looks	E
An' all an' ever'thing W'y ef they don't	F
Be Fairies anymore nen little boys	G
'U'd ist sleep when they go to sleep an' wont	F
Have ist no dweams at all 'Cause Fairies good	H
Fairies they're a purpose to make dweams	G
But they is Fairies an' I know they is	G
'Cause one time wunst when its all Summertime	I
An' don't haf to be no fires in the stove	B
Er fireplace to keep warm wiv ner don't haf	B
To wear old scwatchy flannen shirts at all	J
An' aint no fweeze ner cold ner snow An' an'	C
Old skweeky twees got all the gween leaves on	C
An' ist keeps noddin' noddin' all the time	I
Like they 'uz lazy an' a twyin' to go	C
To sleep an' couldn't 'cause the wind won't quit	K
A blowin' in 'em an' the birds won't stop	L
A singin' so's they kin But twees don't sleep	M
I guess But little boys sleeps an' dweams too	N
An' that's a sign they's Fairies	G
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So one time	I
When I ben playin' Store wunst over in	C
The shed of their old stable an' Ed Howard	O
He maked me quit a bein' pardners 'cause	G
I dwinked the 'tend like sody water up	P
An' et the shore nuff cwackers W'y nen I	Q
Clumbed over in our garden where the gwapes	G
Wuz purt' nigh ripe An' I wuz ist a layin'	C
There on th' old cwooked seat 'at Pa maked in	C
Our arber an' so I 'uz layin' there	R
A whittlin' beets wiv my new dog knife an'	C
A lookin' wite up through the twimbly leaves	G
An' wuzn't 'sleep at all An' sir first thing	S
You know a little Fairy hopped out there	R
A leetle teenty Fairy hope may die	Q
An' he look' down at me he did An' he	T
Ain't bigger'n a yellerbird an' he	T
Say Howdy do he did an' I could hear	U
Him ist as plain	C
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Nen I say Howdy do	N
An' he say I'm all hunkey Nibsey how	A
Is your folks comin' on	C
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An' nen I say	G
My name ain't 'Nibsey ' neever my name's Bud	V
An' what's your name I says to him	W
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An'he	T
Ist laugh an' say 'Bud's' awful funny name	X
An' he ist laid back on a big bunch o' gwapes	G
An' laugh' an' laugh' he did like somebody	T
'Uz tick el un his feet	Y
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An' nen I say	G
What's your name nen I say afore you bust	Z
Yo' se'f a laughin' 'bout my name I says	G
An' nen he dwy up laughin' kindo' mad	A2
An' say W'y my name's Squidjicum he says	G
An' nen I laugh an' say Gee what a name	X
An' when I make fun of his name like that	B2
He ist git awful mad an' spunky an'	C
'Fore you know he ist gwabbed holt of a vine	C
A big long vine 'at's danglin' up there an'	C
He ist helt on wite tight to that an' down	C
He swung quick past my face he did an' ist	B2
Kicked at me hard's he could	B2
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But I'm too quick	C2
Fer Mr Squidjicum I ist weached out	B2
An' ketched him in my hand an' helt him too	B2
An' squeezed him ist like little wobins when	C
They can't fly yet an' git flopped out their nest	B2
An' nen I turn him all wound over an'	C
Look at him clos't you know wite clos't 'cause ef	B
He is a Fairy w'y I want to see	T
The wings he's got But he's dwessed up so fine	C
'At I can't see no wings An' all the time	I
He's twyin' to kick me yet An' so I take	D2
F'esh holts an' squeeze agin an' harder too	B2
An' I says Hold up Mr Squidjicum	I
You're kickin' the w'ong man I says an' nen	C
I ist squeeze' him purt' nigh my best I did	B2
An' I heerd somepin' bust An' nen he cwied	B2
An' says You better look out what you're doin'	C
You' bust' my spiderweb suspen'ners an'	C
You' got my woseleaf coat all cwinkled up	P
So's I can't go to old Miss Hoodjicum's	T
Tea party 's'afternoon	C
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An' nen I says	T
Who's 'old Miss Hoodjicum' I says	T
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An'he	T
Says Ef you lemme loose I'll tell you	B2
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So	T
I helt the little skeezics 'way fur out	B2
In one hand so's he can't jump down t' th' ground	B2
Wivout a gittin' all stove up an' nen	C
I says You're loose now Go ahead an' tell	D
'Bout the 'tea party' where you're goin' at	B2
So awful fast I says	T
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An' nen he say	T
No use to tell you 'bout it 'cause you won't	B2
Believe it 'less you go there your own se'f	B
An' see it wiv your own two eyes he says	T
An' he says Ef you lemme shore nuff loose	T
An' p'omise 'at you'll keep wite still an' won't	B2
Tetch nothin' 'at you see an' never tell	D
Nobody in the world an' lemme loose	T
W'y nen I'll take you there	R
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But I says Yes	T
An' ef I let you loose you'll run I says	T
An' he says No I won't I hope may die	B2
Nen I says Cwoss your heart you won't	B2
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An'he	T
Ist cwoss his heart an' nen I weach an' set	B2
The little feller up on a long vine	C
An' he 'uz so tickled to git loose agin	C
He gwab' the vine wiv boff his little hands	T
An' ist take an' turn in he did an' skin	C
'Bout forty 'leven cats	T
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Nen when he git	B2
Through whirlin' wound the vine an' set on top	L
Of it agin w'y nen his woseleaf coat	B2
He bwag so much about it's ist all tored	B2
Up an' ist hangin' strips an' rags so he	T
Look like his Pa's a dwunkard An' so nen	C
When he see what he's done a actin' up	P
So smart he's awful mad I guess an' ist	B2
Pout out his lips an' twis' his little face	T
Ist ugly as he kin an' set an' tear	R
His whole coat off an' sleeves an' all An' nen	C
He wad it all togevver an' ist throw	T
It at me ist as hard as he kin dwive	B
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An' when I weach to ketch him an' 'uz goin'	C
To give him 'nuvver squeezin' he ist flewed	B2
Clean up on top the arber 'Cause you know	T
They wuz wings on him when he tored his coat	B2
Clean off they wuz wings under there But they	T
Wuz purty wobbly like an' wouldn't work	E2
Hardly at all 'Cause purty soon when I	B2
Throwed clods at him an' sticks an' got him shooed	B2
Down off o' there he come a floppin' down	C
An' lit k bang on our old chicken coop	F2
An' ist laid there a whimper'n' like a child	B2
An' I tiptoed up wite clos't an' I says What's	T
The matter wiv ye Squidjicum	I
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An'he	T
Says Dog gone when my wings gits stwaight agin	C
Where you all cwumpled 'em he says I bet	B2
I'll ist fly clean away an' won't take you	B2
To old Miss Hoodjicum's at all he says	T
An' nen I ist weach out wite quick I did	B2
An' gwab the sassy little snipe agin	C
Nen tooked my topstwing an' tie down his wings	T
So's he can't fly 'less'n I want him to	B2
An' nen I says Now Mr Squidjicum	I
You better ist light out I says to old	B2
Miss Hoodjicum's an' show me how to git	B2
There too I says er ef you don't I says	T
I'll climb up wiv you on our buggy shed	B2
An' push you off I says	T
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An nen he say	T
All wight he'll show me there an' tell me nen	C
To set him down wite easy on his feet	B2
An' loosen up the stwing a little where	R
It cut him under th' arms An' nen he says	T
Come on he says an' went a limpin' 'long	E2
The garden path an' limpin' 'long an' 'long	E2
Tel purty soon he come on 'long to where's	T
A grea' big cabbage leaf An' he stoop down	C
An' say Come on inunder here wiv me	I
So I stoop down an' crawl inunder there	R
Like he say	T
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An' inunder there's a grea'	R
Big clod they is a awful grea' big clod	B2
An' nen he says Roll this here clod away	T
An' so I roll' the clod away An' nen	C
It's all wet where the dew'z inunder where	R
The old clod wuz an' nen the Fairy he	I
Git on the wet place Nen he say to me	I
Git on the wet place too An' nen he say	T
Now hold yer breff an' shet yer eyes he says	T
Tel I say Squinchy winchy Nen he say	T
Somepin in Dutch I guess An' nen I felt	B2
Like we 'uz sinkin' down an' sinkin' down	C
Tel purty soon the little Fairy weach	G2
An' pinch my nose an' yell at me an' say	T
Squinchy winchy Look wherever you please	T
Nen when I looked Oh they 'uz purtyest place	T
Down there you ever saw in all the World	B2
They 'uz ist flowers an' woses yes an' twees	T
Wiv blossoms on an' big ripe apples boff	B
An' butterflies they wuz an' hummin' birds	T
An' yellowbirds an' bluebirds yes an' red	B2
An' ever'wheres an' all awound 'uz vines	T
Wiv ripe p'serve pears on 'em Yes an' all	J
An' ever'thing 'at's ever gwowin' in	C
A garden er canned up all ripe at wunst	B2
It wuz ist like a garden only it	B2
'Uz little tit o' garden 'bout big wound	B2
As ist our twun'el bed is An' all wound	B2
An' wound the little garden's a gold fence	T
An' little gold gate too an' ash hopper	R
'At's all gold too an' ist full o' gold ashes	T
An' wite in th' middle o' the garden wuz	T
A little gold house 'at's ist 'bout as big	E2
As ist a bird cage is An' in the house	T
They 'uz whole lots more Fairies there 'cause I	B2
Picked up the little house an 'peeked in at	B2
The winders an' I see 'em all in there	R
Ist buggin' wound An' Mr Squidjicum	I
He twy to make me quit but I gwab him	I
An' poke him down the chimbly too I did	B2
An' y'ort to see him hop out 'mongst 'em there	R
Ist like he 'uz the boss an' ist got back	E2
Hain't ye got on them air dew dumplin's yet	B2
He says	T
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An' they says no	C
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An' nen he says	T
Better git at 'em nen he says wite quick	E2
'Cause old Miss Hoodjicum's a comin'	C
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Nen	C
They all set wound a little gold tub an'	C
All 'menced a peelin' dewdwops ist like they	T
'Uz peaches An' it looked so funny I	B2
Ist laugh' out loud an' dwopped the little house	T
An' 't busted like a soap bubble An't skeered	B2
Me so I I I I it skeered me so	C
I ist waked up No I ain't ben asleep	M
An' dream it all like you think but it's shore	R
Fer certain fact an' cwoss my heart it is	T