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When we lived in Lower-Flat us folks know'd where we was at; / But them Eastern folks come, puttin' on great style: / Us Old-Timers, we all said we was better we was dead, / F'r th' way they talked an' acted, raised our bile.
They interduced new dances -- thing-a-me-bobs called -- "Lance's" -- -- / Where they traipsed up an' down upon th' floor, / A-bowin' and a'scrapin' (lords an' ladies they was apin'), / Th' Red River Jig? 'Twa'n't never danced no more!