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First Line: O what is life at last,' says
Last Line: Hit's jes' the thing yer lookin' fer!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Death; Life; Love; Dead, The


"O' WHAT is Life at last," says you,
"'At woman-folks and man-folks too,
Cain't oncomplainin', worry through?

"An' what is Love, 'at no one yit
'At's monkeyed with it kin forgit,
Er gits fat on remember'n hit?

"An' what is Death?" -- W'y, looky hyur --
Ef Life an' Love don't suit you, sir,
Hit's jes' the thing yer lookin' fer!





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