Us two wuz boys when we fell out,—
  Nigh to the age uv my youngest now;
Don’t rec’lect what ’t wuz about,
  Some small deeff’rence, I ’ll allow.
Lived next neighbors twenty years,
  A-hatin’ each other, me ’nd Jim,—
He havin’ his opinyin uv me,
  ’Nd I havin’ my opinyin uv him.

Grew up together ’nd would n’t speak,
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