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"Uncle Jake's Place," St. Jo, Mo., 1874
"I was born in Indiany," says a stranger, lank and slim, / As us fellers in the restarunt was kindo' guyin' him, / And Uncle Jake was slidin' him another punkin pie / And a' extry cup o' coffee, with a twinkle in his eye.