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DA JOB DAT RAN AWAY, by                    
First Line: Not evra dagoman like me
Last Line: Ees vinci, da venetian.
Alternate Author Name(s): Daly, T. A.


NOT evra Dagoman like me
Can find hees place een deesa lan'.
Som', sure, must disappointa be;
But worst of all you evva see
Ees Vinci, da Venetian.

You see, dees Vinci had a frand
Dat com' las' year to deesa land
An' gotta job out West, you know,
Dat suit heem verra wal; an' so
He sant hees folks back home wan day
A peecture posta-card dat say:
"Here's work for all, an' gooda pay!"
"Ah!" cries dees Vinci, w'en he see
Da posta-card, "dat's place for me."
An' just so queeck as eet could be
He tooka sheep an' cross da sea.
He deed not stop, he would not rest
Onteell he's een dat town out West.
But den -- Oh, my, eet mak' you seeck
To hear da badda words he speak.

"Dat damma posta-card!" he cry,
"Eet was a lie! eet was a lie!
I nevva see a town so dry!"
Oh, sure, eet was a shame, my frand.
Eh? w'at? Oh, don't you ondrastand?
Dat peecture-card hees frand ees sand
Was wan dat showed da town w'en eet
Had playnta water een da street,
W'en floods was heavy lasta year --
Yes! Vinci ees a gondolier.

Not evra Dagoman like me
Can find hees place een deesa lan'.
Som', sure, must disappointa be;
But worst of all you evva see
Ees Vinci, da Venetian.





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