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The rhyme o' The Raggedy Man's 'at's best / Is Tickle me, Love, in these Lonesome Ribs, -- / 'Cause that-un's the strangest of all o' the rest, / An' the worst to learn, an' the last one guessed, / An' the funniest one, an' the foolishest. -- / Tickle me, Love, in these Lonesome Ribs!
I don't know what in the world it means -- / Tickle me, Love, in these Lonesome Ribs! -- / An' nen when I _tell_ him I don't, he leans / Like he was a-grindin' on some machines / An' says: Ef I _don't_, w'y, I don't know _beans! _ / Tickle me, Love, in these Lonesome Ribs! --