We've come from Indiany, five hundred miles or more, Supposin' we wuz goin' to get the nominashin, shore; For Col. New assured us (in that noospaper o' his) That we cud hev the airth, if we'd only tend to biz. But here we've been a-slavin' more like bosses than like men To diskiver...
"Hoosier Lyrics" from Eugene Field. American writer (1850-1895).
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Reproduction of the original: Hoosier Lyrics by Eugene Field