OUR TWO OPINIONS.
US two wuz boys when we fell out,—Nigh to the age uv my youngest now;Don’t rec’lect what ’t wuz about,Some small deeff’rence, I’ll allow.Lived next neighbours twenty years,A-hatin’ each other, me ’nd Jim,—Hehavin’hisopinyin uvme,’ndIhavin’myopinyin uvhim.Grew up together ’nd wouldn’t speak,Courted sisters, ’nd marr’d ’em, too;’tended same meetin’-house oncet a week,A-hatin’ each other through ’nd through!But when Abe Linkern asked the WestF’r soldiers, we answered,—me ’nd Jim,—Hehavin’hisopinyin uvme,’ndIhavin’myopinyin uvhim.But down in Tennessee one nightTher wuz sound uv firin’ fur away,’nd the sergeant allowed ther’d be a fightWith the Johnnie Rebs some time nex’ day;’nd as I wuz thinkin’ uv Lizzie ’nd homeJim stood afore me, long ’nd slim,—Hehavin’hisopinyin uvme,’ndIhavin’myopinyin uvhim.
US two wuz boys when we fell out,—Nigh to the age uv my youngest now;Don’t rec’lect what ’t wuz about,Some small deeff’rence, I’ll allow.Lived next neighbours twenty years,A-hatin’ each other, me ’nd Jim,—Hehavin’hisopinyin uvme,’ndIhavin’myopinyin uvhim.Grew up together ’nd wouldn’t speak,Courted sisters, ’nd marr’d ’em, too;’tended same meetin’-house oncet a week,A-hatin’ each other through ’nd through!But when Abe Linkern asked the WestF’r soldiers, we answered,—me ’nd Jim,—Hehavin’hisopinyin uvme,’ndIhavin’myopinyin uvhim.But down in Tennessee one nightTher wuz sound uv firin’ fur away,’nd the sergeant allowed ther’d be a fightWith the Johnnie Rebs some time nex’ day;’nd as I wuz thinkin’ uv Lizzie ’nd homeJim stood afore me, long ’nd slim,—Hehavin’hisopinyin uvme,’ndIhavin’myopinyin uvhim.
US two wuz boys when we fell out,—Nigh to the age uv my youngest now;Don’t rec’lect what ’t wuz about,Some small deeff’rence, I’ll allow.Lived next neighbours twenty years,A-hatin’ each other, me ’nd Jim,—Hehavin’hisopinyin uvme,’ndIhavin’myopinyin uvhim.
US two wuz boys when we fell out,—
Nigh to the age uv my youngest now;
Don’t rec’lect what ’t wuz about,
Some small deeff’rence, I’ll allow.
Lived next neighbours twenty years,
A-hatin’ each other, me ’nd Jim,—
Hehavin’hisopinyin uvme,
’ndIhavin’myopinyin uvhim.
Grew up together ’nd wouldn’t speak,Courted sisters, ’nd marr’d ’em, too;’tended same meetin’-house oncet a week,A-hatin’ each other through ’nd through!But when Abe Linkern asked the WestF’r soldiers, we answered,—me ’nd Jim,—Hehavin’hisopinyin uvme,’ndIhavin’myopinyin uvhim.
Grew up together ’nd wouldn’t speak,
Courted sisters, ’nd marr’d ’em, too;
’tended same meetin’-house oncet a week,
A-hatin’ each other through ’nd through!
But when Abe Linkern asked the West
F’r soldiers, we answered,—me ’nd Jim,—
Hehavin’hisopinyin uvme,
’ndIhavin’myopinyin uvhim.
But down in Tennessee one nightTher wuz sound uv firin’ fur away,’nd the sergeant allowed ther’d be a fightWith the Johnnie Rebs some time nex’ day;’nd as I wuz thinkin’ uv Lizzie ’nd homeJim stood afore me, long ’nd slim,—Hehavin’hisopinyin uvme,’ndIhavin’myopinyin uvhim.
But down in Tennessee one night
Ther wuz sound uv firin’ fur away,
’nd the sergeant allowed ther’d be a fight
With the Johnnie Rebs some time nex’ day;
’nd as I wuz thinkin’ uv Lizzie ’nd home
Jim stood afore me, long ’nd slim,—
Hehavin’hisopinyin uvme,
’ndIhavin’myopinyin uvhim.
“US TWO SHUCK HANDS.”
“US TWO SHUCK HANDS.”
“US TWO SHUCK HANDS.”
Seemed like we knew ther wuz goin’ to beSerious trouble f’r me ’nd him;Us two shuck hands, did Jim ’nd me,But never a word from me or Jim!He wenthisway ’ndIwentmine,’nd into the battle’s roar went we,—Ihavin’myopinyin uv Jim,’ndhehavin’hisopinyin uvme.Jim never come back from the war again,But I hain’t forgot that last, last nightWhen, waitin’ f’r orders, us two menMade up ’nd shuck hands, afore the fight.’nd after it all, it’s soothin’ to knowThat hereIbe ’nd yonder’s Jim,—Hehavin’hisopinyin uvme,’ndIhavin’myopinyin uvhim.
Seemed like we knew ther wuz goin’ to beSerious trouble f’r me ’nd him;Us two shuck hands, did Jim ’nd me,But never a word from me or Jim!He wenthisway ’ndIwentmine,’nd into the battle’s roar went we,—Ihavin’myopinyin uv Jim,’ndhehavin’hisopinyin uvme.Jim never come back from the war again,But I hain’t forgot that last, last nightWhen, waitin’ f’r orders, us two menMade up ’nd shuck hands, afore the fight.’nd after it all, it’s soothin’ to knowThat hereIbe ’nd yonder’s Jim,—Hehavin’hisopinyin uvme,’ndIhavin’myopinyin uvhim.
Seemed like we knew ther wuz goin’ to beSerious trouble f’r me ’nd him;Us two shuck hands, did Jim ’nd me,But never a word from me or Jim!He wenthisway ’ndIwentmine,’nd into the battle’s roar went we,—Ihavin’myopinyin uv Jim,’ndhehavin’hisopinyin uvme.
Seemed like we knew ther wuz goin’ to be
Serious trouble f’r me ’nd him;
Us two shuck hands, did Jim ’nd me,
But never a word from me or Jim!
He wenthisway ’ndIwentmine,
’nd into the battle’s roar went we,—
Ihavin’myopinyin uv Jim,
’ndhehavin’hisopinyin uvme.
Jim never come back from the war again,But I hain’t forgot that last, last nightWhen, waitin’ f’r orders, us two menMade up ’nd shuck hands, afore the fight.’nd after it all, it’s soothin’ to knowThat hereIbe ’nd yonder’s Jim,—Hehavin’hisopinyin uvme,’ndIhavin’myopinyin uvhim.
Jim never come back from the war again,
But I hain’t forgot that last, last night
When, waitin’ f’r orders, us two men
Made up ’nd shuck hands, afore the fight.
’nd after it all, it’s soothin’ to know
That hereIbe ’nd yonder’s Jim,—
Hehavin’hisopinyin uvme,
’ndIhavin’myopinyin uvhim.
Eugene Field.