Riley farm-rhymes . it than all the world is this old home that weWill spend Thanksyivin in fer life—jest jMotlier, 3-ou and me! Nobody on the old farm here but Rlother, me and John,Except, of course, the extry hep when harvest-time comes on;And then, I want to say to you, we need sich hep about,As youd admit, ef you could see the way the crops turns out!. - S.^ ^ 75 A CANARY AT THE F(JLKS has ben to town, and Sahr}Fetched er home a pet canary,—And of ah the blame, contrary, Aggervatin things aHve!I love music—thats I love itA\hen its free—and plenty of it ;—IlUt I kindo git aljove it.

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Riley farm-rhymes . it than all the world is this old home that weWill spend Thanksyivin in fer life—jest jMotlier, 3-ou and me! Nobody on the old farm here but Rlother, me and John,Except, of course, the extry hep when harvest-time comes on;And then, I want to say to you, we need sich hep about,As youd admit, ef you could see the way the crops turns out!. - S.^ ^ 75 A CANARY AT THE F(JLKS has ben to town, and Sahr}Fetched er home a pet canary,—And of ah the blame, contrary, Aggervatin things aHve!I love music—thats I love itA\hen its free—and plenty of it ;—IlUt I kindo git aljove a dollar-eighty-five! Reasons plain as Im a-sa\in,—Jes the idv, now, o la^?inC)ut }-er money, and a-pa\-in Fer a wilier-cage and bird,Wdien the medder-larks is \vinginRound }-ou, and the woods is ringinWith the beautifullest singin That a mortal ever heard! Sahr^s sot, tho.—So I tell her Hes a purtv little feller, AAith his wings o cream^•-^?eller, And his C3es keen as a cat;And the twitter o the critterTears to absolutely glitter !Guess Fll haf to go and git her A high-priceter cage n that! 76

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