 | Local history - 1824 - 506 pages
...noise like father's gun, Only a naiion louder. 6. I went as near to it myself As Jacob's underpinnin, And father went as near again — I thought the deuce was in him. 7. And there 1 see a little keg, Its heads were made of leatherThey kriock'd upon't with little .sticks... | |
 | John Farmer - New Hampshire - 1824 - 492 pages
...deuced little cart — A load for father's cattle ; 5. And every time they fired it off, It took a horn of powder ; It made a noise like father's gun, Only a nation luuder. 6. I went as near to it myself As Jacob's underpinnin, And father went us near again— I thought... | |
 | George Willis - 1856 - 112 pages
...noise like father's gun, Only a nation louder. I went as near to it myself, As Jacob's underpiunin', And father went as near again— I thought the deuce...the streets, Nor stopped, as I remember, 'Till I got home and safely locked In granny's little chamber.] And there I see a little keg, Its heads were made... | |
 | George Willis - 1856 - 320 pages
...duced little cart — A load for father's cattle. And every time they fired it off, It took a horn of powder ; It made a noise like father's gun, Only...nation louder. I went as near to it myself, As Jacob's underpiunin', And father went as near again — I thought the deuce was in him. [It scared me so I... | |
 | Willis's Current notes - 1856 - 110 pages
...duced little cart — A load for father's cattle. And every time they fired it off, It took a horn of powder ; It made a noise like father's gun, Only...nation louder. I went as near to it myself, As Jacob's underpinnin', And father went as near again — I thought the deuce waa in him. [It scared me so I... | |
 | HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...A load for father's cattle. And every time they shoot it off, It takes a horn of powder, And makes a noise like father's gun, Only a nation louder. I went as nigh to one myself, As Siah's underpinning, And father went as nigh again, I thought the deuce was... | |
 | George Wingate Chase - History - 1861 - 728 pages
...deuced little cart — A load for father's cattlo ; And every time they fired It off, It took a horn of powder, It made a noise like father's gun, Only a nation loader. I went as near to It myself As Jacob's undtrpinnin. And father went at near again — I thought... | |
 | William Thomas Roberts Saffell - Mount Vernon - 1864 - 142 pages
...daddy's cattle. And every time they fired it off it took a horn of powder, And made a noise like daddy's gun, only a nation louder. I went as near to it myself as Jacob's underpinnin, And daddy went as near again — 1 thought the deuce was in him. Cousin Simon grew so... | |
 | Wayne E. Burton - Wit and humor - 1867 - 674 pages
...cart, A load for father's cattle. And every time they shoot it off It takes a horn of powder, And makes a noise like father's gun, Only a nation louder. I went as nigh to one myself As Siah's underpinning ; And father went as nigh again, I thought the deuce was... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - American literature - 1878 - 510 pages
...A load for father's cattle. And every time they shoot it off, It takes a horn of powder, And makes a noise like father's gun, Only a nation louder. I went as nigh to one myself, As Slab's underpinning ; And father went as nigh again : I thought the deuce was... | |
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I'll be bound, They eat it when they're a mind to. And there we see a swamping gun, Large as a log of maple, Upon a deuced little cart, A load for father's cattle. And every time they shoot it off, It takes a horn of powder, And makes a noise like father's... 
