Thoughts On A Pore Joke

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Title:     Thoughts On A Pore Joke
Author: James Whitcomb Riley [More Titles by Riley]

I like fun--and I like jokes
'Bout as well as most o' folks!--
Like my joke, and like my fun;--
But a joke, I'll state right here,
'S got some p'int--er I don't keer
Fer no joke that hain't got none.--
I hain't got no use, I'll say,
Fer a pore joke, anyway!

F'rinstunce, now, when some folks gits
To relyin' on theyr wits,
Ten to one they git too smart
And spile it all, right at the start!
Feller wants to jest go slow
And do his thinkin' first, you know.
'F I can't think up somepin' good,
I set still and chaw my cood!
'F you think nothin'--jest keep on,
But don't say it--er you're gone!

[The end]
James Whitcomb Riley's poem: Thoughts On A Pore Joke

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