"O ma ole canoe, wat 's matter wit' you, an' w'y was you be so slow? Don't I work hard enough on de paddle, an' still you don't seem to go-- No win' at all on de fronte side, an' current she don't be strong, Den w'y are you lak' lazy feller, too sleepy for move along? "I 'member de tam, w'en you jomp de sam' as deer wit' de wolf behin', An' brochet on de top de water, you scare heem mos' off hees min': But fish don't care for you now at all, only jus' mebbe wink de eye, For he know it 's easy git out de way, w'en you was a-passin' by"----…
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