 He weren't no saint — them engineers Is all pretty much alike — One wife in Natchez-under-the-Hill And another one here, in Pike; A keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward hand in a row, But he never flunked, and he never lied — • I reckon...  Public Opinion - Page 2471898Full view - About this book
 | Anthologies - 1899 - 200 pages
...here in Pike. A kecrlcss man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward hand in a row ; But he never flunked and he never lied— I reckon he never knowed how. And this was all the religion he had — To mind the pilot's bell; And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire— A thousand times he Bwore He'd hold... | |
 | Clinton Scollard - American poetry - 1900 - 248 pages
...here, in Pike ; A keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward hand in a row, But he never flunked, and he never lied, — I reckon he never knowed how....Prairie Belle took fire, — A thousand times he swore, He 'd hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last soul got ashore. All boats has their day on the Mississip,... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - American poetry - 1900 - 954 pages
...here, in Pike ; A keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward hand in a row, But he never flunked, and he never lied, — • I reckon he never knowed...be passed on the river; To mind the pilot's bell; 39б 397 And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire, — A thousand times he swore He 'd hold her nozzle... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - American poetry - 1900 - 968 pages
...never flunked, and he never lied,-* I reckon he never knowcd how. And this was all the religion be had,— To treat his engine well; Never be passed...To mind the pilot's bell; And if ever the Prairie Hollo took fire, — A thousand times he awore He '<! l>ol<l her nozzle agin the bank Till tho last... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - American poetry - 1900 - 966 pages
...here, in Pike; A keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward hand in a row, But he never flunked, and he never lied, — I reckon he never knowed how. And this was all the religion be had, — To treat his engine well; Never be passed on the river; To mind the pilot's bell; 397 And... | |
 | Wilmot Brookings Mitchell - Elocution - 1901 - 476 pages
...here, in Pike; A keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward hand in a row, But he never flunked, and he never lied, — I reckon he never knowed how....nozzle agin the bank Till the last soul got ashore. The Movastar was a better boat, But the Belle she wouldn ' t be passed. And so she come tearin' along... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - Literary Criticism - 1901 - 964 pages
...here, in Pike ; A keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward hand in a row, But he never flunked, 0 0[1 396 397 And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire, — A thousand times he swore He 'd hold her nozzle... | |
 | Elia Wilkinson Peattie - American poetry - 1903 - 252 pages
...here in Pike; A keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward man in a row, But he never flunked and he never lied— I reckon he never knowed how....be passed on the river; To mind the pilot's bell; A thousand times he swore He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank • Till the last soul got ashore. All... | |
 | English poetry - 1904 - 876 pages
...here, in Pike ; A keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward hand in a row, But he never flunked, and he never lied, — I reckon he never knowed how....Prairie Belle took fire, — A thousand times he swore He 'd hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last soul got ashore. All boats has their day on the Mississip,... | |
 | Joe Mitchell Chapple - American literature - 1905 - 472 pages
...here in Pike; A keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward hand in a row. But he never flunked, and he never lied — I reckon he never knowed how....religion he had — To treat his engine well; Never to be passed on the river ; To mind the pilot's bell; And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire — A... | |
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