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Lyrics of Love and Laughter

SOLILOQUY OF A TURKEY.
DEY'S a so't o' threatenin' feelin' in de blowin' of de breeze,
An' I's feelin' kin' o' squeamish in de night ; I's a-walkin' 'roun' a-lookin' a de diffunt style o' trees,
An' a-measurin' dey thinkness an'dey height. Fu' dey's somep'n mighty 'spicious in de looks de da'kies give,
Ez dey pass me an' my fambly on de groun',
So it 'curs me dat lakly, ef I caihs to try an' live,
It concehns me fu' to 'mence to look erroun'.

Dey's a cu'ious kin' o' shivah runnin' up an' down my back, 
An' I feel my feddahs rufflin' all de day, 
An' my laigs commence to trimble evah blessid step I mek;
W'en I sees a ax, I tu'ns my head away.

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