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He raised his voice to the steamboats round,
" Hark! for the Licking is a cumin down."
So clar de kitchen, big boats, Uttle boats,
Clar de kitchen, flat boats, keel boats.
For de Licking neber tire !
The ice came down with a rushing din.
And stove the Jarsey's cabin in ;
It raked the Fulton aft and fore,
\nd left her kitchen on the shore ?
Clar de steamboats, thick ice,, thin ice,
Old Kentucky neber tire.
I hab a sweet-heart in dis town,
She wears a cloak and a new silk gown ;
And as she walks de streets around,
De hoUow of her//// makes a hole in de jrretmit
So clar de kitchen, &c.
As I went to market t'other day,
I got so swipesy I lost my way ;
My master says, where have you been.
The way I Ughts on you's a shi.
So clar de kitchen, &Q»
A jay-bird sat on a swinging limb.
He winked at me and / winked at him,
I cocked my gun and broke he shin,
And de way de feathers flew was a sin.
So clarde kitchen, &c.
I went on a visit to Tennessee,
Tc see Davy Croekett grin a 'possum oflT a tree;
He grin six time:—'possum never stir a jot,
Pa^taw ! massy Davy, you grinnin at a kaot.
So cUr do kitchen, dec