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Jap Miller down at Martinsville's the blamedest feller yit!
When _he_ starts in a-talkin' other folks is apt to quit! -- / 'Pears like that mouth o' his'n wuz n't made fer nuthin' else / But jes' to argify 'em down and gether in their pelts: / He'll talk you down on tariff; er he'll talk you down on tax, / And prove the pore man pays 'em all -- and them's about the fac's! -- / Religen, law, er politics, prize-fightin', er base-ball -- / Jes' tetch Jap up a little and he'll post you 'bout 'em all.