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I got to thinkin' of her -- both her parents dead and gone -- / And all her sisters married off, and none but her and John / A-livin' all alone there in that lonesome sort o' way, / And him a blame' old bachelor, confirm'der ev'ry day!
I'd knowed 'em all from childern, and their daddy from the time / He settled in the neighberhood, and hadn't airy a dime / Er dollar, when he married, fer to start housekeepin' on! -- / So I got to thinkin' of her -- both her parents dead and gone!