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When Lide married _him_ -- w'y, she had to jes dee-fy / The whole poppilation! -- But she never bat' an eye!
Her parents begged, and _threatened_ -- she must give him up -- that _he_ / Wuz jes "a common drunkard! " -- And he _wuz_, appearantly. -- / Swore they'd chase him off the place / Ef he ever showed his face -- / Long after she'd _eloped_ with him and _married_ him fer shore! -- / When Lide married _him_, it wuz _"Katy, bar the door! "_