 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
 | Henry Davenport Northrup - English poetry - 1888 - 790 pages
...in Pike. A cart less man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward man in a row — But he never pinked, and he never lied, I reckon he never knowed how. And...To treat his engine well ; Never be passed on the rivtr ; To mind the pilot's bell ; And if ever the " Prairie Btll " took fire, A thousand times he... | |
 | 1871 - 784 pages
...character of his hero, his mode of life and his end; he is also particular to say of his religion — " And this was all the religion he had, To treat his...be passed on the river : To mind the pilot's bell." Now, not content with affliliating with his hero in manners and morals, Mr. Hay in his last verse deliberately... | |
 | Edwin Almiron Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - American literature - 1928 - 650 pages
...awkward hand in a row, But he never flunked, and he never lied — I reckon he never knowed how. le And this was all the religion he had: To treat his...be passed on the river; To mind the pilot's bell; tc And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire, A thousand times he swore, He'd hold her nozzle again the... | |
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