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The Boy Lives On Our Farm

    By James Whitcomb Riley



    The boy lives on our Farm, he's not
    Afeard o' horses none!
    An' he can make 'em lope, er trot,
    Er rack, er pace, er run.
    Sometimes he drives two horses, when
    He comes to town an' brings
    A wagon-full o' 'taters nen,
    An' roastin'-ears an' things.

    Two horses is "a team," he says,
    An' when you drive er hitch,
    The right-un's a "near-horse," I guess
    Er "off" - I don't know which -
    The Boy lives on our Farm, he told
    Me, too, 'at he can see,
    By lookin' at their teeth, how old
    A horse is, to a T!

    I'd be the gladdest boy alive
    Ef I knowed much as that,
    An' could stand up like him an' drive,
    An' ist push back my hat,
    Like he comes skallyhootin' through
    Our alley, with one arm
    A-wavin' Fare-ye-well! to you -
    The Boy lives on our Farm!



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