Hank Stubbs Soliloquizes

I don’t keer who found the Pole,

No I don’t, upon my soul;

Doesn’t matter much to me

Whether one, or two or three,

Six or ten, or only one

Done the job so long’s ‘twuz done.

What I want to know, I vow,

What is butter fetchin’ now?

Might hev been ol’ Dr. Cook,

Might hev been Bob Perry took

What they wuz to take. Mayhap

‘Twuzn’t took by either chap;

How could they take it, I declare,

Somethin’ that was never there?

But what worries me, I jing!

What’s pertaters goin’ te bring?

Huntin’ Poles ain’t on my list,

I ain’t no big scientist;

I’m a farmer threw an’ threw,

Keepin’ prices right in view.

Poles or airships ain’t fur me,

Got all I kin handle, see?

What I want to know, by gosh!

What’s the market pay fur squash?

Sept. 30, ‘09