. "Little Meg and I", and other poems. MV PARTNER. 15 MY PARTNER. ED Singleton ? why hes been dead some seven years or more;You didnt know it? Why, of course, you left here long beforePoor Ned was killed, and you aint beenround here since;As good as gold, you bet your life, an handsome as a checks were handed in for him; no, not in any row,As clear a case of murder as — sit down, Ill tell ye remember in the good old times, before you went we would work, Ned and I, digging night and day,In rain or snow, in heat or cold —you know how hard we triedTo find the precious
. "Little Meg and I", and other poems. MV PARTNER. 15 MY PARTNER. ED Singleton ? why hes been dead some seven years or more;You didnt know it? Why, of course, you left here long beforePoor Ned was killed, and you aint beenround here since;As good as gold, you bet your life, an handsome as a checks were handed in for him; no, not in any row,As clear a case of murder as — sit down, Ill tell ye remember in the good old times, before you went we would work, Ned and I, digging night and day,In rain or snow, in heat or cold —you know how hard we triedTo find the precious metal—our claims lay side by last Ned struck the yellow gold, why it nearly set him danced, and sang, and cut up shines, just like a little very night the fit seized me, but I wasnt much to blame,For the very vein that Ned had struck was running throughmy claim. 16 MY PARTNER. We talked of nothing else for days but about our lucky strike,And so we formed a partnership, to share and share built a cabin on the claim, twas
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