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GIVE us your hand Mr Lawyer how do you do to day	A
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GIVE US YOUR HAND MR LAWYER HOW DO YOU DO TO DAY	A
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You drew up that paper I s'pose you want your pay	A
Don't cut down your figures make it an X or a V	B
For that 'ere written agreement was just the makin' of me	B
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Goin' home that evenin' I tell you I was blue	C
Thinkin' of all my troubles and what I was goin' to do	C
And if my hosses hadn't been the steadiest team alive	D
They'd 've tipped me over certain for I couldn't see where to drive	D
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No for I was laborin' under a heavy load	E
No for I was travelin' an entirely different road	E
For I was a tracin' over the path of our lives ag'in	F
And seein' where we missed the way and where we might have been	F
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And many a corner we'd turned that just to a quarrel led	G
When I ought to 've held my temper and driven straight ahead	G
And the more I thought it over the more these memories came	H
And the more I struck the opinion that I was the most to blame	H
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And things I had long forgotten kept risin' in my mind	I
Of little matters betwixt us where Betsey was good and kind	I
And these things flashed all through me as you know things	J
sometimes will	K
When a feller's alone in the darkness and every thing is still	K
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But says I we're too far along to take another track	L
And when I put my hand to the plow I do not oft turn back	L
And 'tain't an uncommon thing now for couples to smash in two	C
And so I set my teeth together and vowed I'd see it through	C
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When I come in sight o' the house 'twas some'at in the night	M
And just as I turned a hill top I see the kitchen light	M
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AND JUST AS I TURNED A HILL TOP I SEE THE KITCHEN LIGHT	M
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Which often a han'some pictur' to a hungry person makes	N
But it don't interest a feller much that's goin' to pull up stakes	N
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And when I went in the house the table was set for me	B
As good a supper's I ever saw or ever want to see	B
And I crammed the agreement down my pocket as well as I could	O
And fell to eatin' my victuals which somehow didn't taste good	O
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And Betsey she pretended to look about the house	P
But she watched my side coat pocket like a cat would watch a mouse	P
And then she went to foolin' a little with her cup	Q
And intently readin' a newspaper a holdin' it wrong side up	Q
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AND INTENTLY READIN' A NEWSPAPER A HOLDIN' IT WRONG SIDE UP	Q
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And when I'd done my supper I drawed the agreement out	R
And give it to her without a word for she knowed what 'twas about	R
And then I hummed a little tune but now and then a note	S
Was bu'sted by some animal that hopped up in my throat	S
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Then Betsey she got her specs from off the mantel shelf	T
And read the article over quite softly to herself	T
Read it by little and little for her eyes is gettin' old	U
And lawyers' writin' ain't no print especially when it's cold	U
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And after she'd read a little she give my arm a touch	V
And kindly said she was afraid I was 'lowin' her too much	V
But when she was through she went for me her face a streamin' with tears	W
And kissed me for the first time in over twenty years	X
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AND KISSED ME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER TWENTY YEARS	X
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I don't know what you'll think Sir I didn't come to inquire	Y
But I picked up that agreement and stuffed it in the fire	Z
And I told her we'd bury the hatchet alongside of the cow	A2
And we struck an agreement never to have another row	B2
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And I told her in the future I wouldn't speak cross or rash	C2
If half the crockery in the house was broken all to smash	C2
And she said in regards to heaven we'd try and learn its worth	D2
By startin' a branch establishment and runnin' it here on earth	D2
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And so we sat a talkin' three quarters of the night	M
And opened our hearts to each other until they both grew light	M
And the days when I was winnin' her away from so many men	E2
Was nothin' to that evenin' I courted her over again	E2
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Next mornin' an ancient virgin took pains to call on us	F2
Her lamp all trimmed and a burnin' to kindle another fuss	F2
But when she went to pryin' and openin' of old sores	G2
My Betsey rose politely and showed her out of doors	G2
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MY BETSEY ROSE POLITELY AND SHOWED HER OUT OF DOORS	G2
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Since then I don't deny but there's been a word or two	C
But we've got our eyes wide open and know just what to do	C
When one speaks cross the other just meets it with a laugh	H2
And the first one's ready to give up considerable more than half	H2
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Maybe you'll think me soft Sir a talkin' in this style	I2
But somehow it does me lots of good to tell it once in a while	I2
And I do it for a compliment 'tis so that you can see	B
That that there written agreement of yours was just the makin' of me	B
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So make out your bill Mr Lawyer don't stop short of an X	J2
Make it more if you want to for I have got the checks	J2
I'm richer than a National Bank with all its treasures told	U
For I've got a wife at home now that's worth her weight in gold	U

Will Carleton

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