 | American literature - 1871 - 808 pages
...here in Pike ; A Keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward hand in a row, But he never flanked, and he never lied, I reckon he never knowed how. "...religion he had, — To treat his engine well ; Never be passed on the river, To mind the pilot's bell ; And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire, — A thousand... | |
 | John Milton Hay - 1871 - 196 pages
...Natchez-under-the-Hill And another one here, in Pike. A keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward man in a row — But he never flunked, and he never lied,...religion he had — To treat his engine well ; Never be passed on the river ; To mind the Pilot's bell ; And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire — A thousand... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...Natchez-under-the-Hill, And another one here, in Pike. A keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward hand in be passed on the river ; To mind the pilot's bell ; And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire, — A... | |
 | John Hay - Literary Criticism - 1871 - 188 pages
...keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward hand in a row, But he never flunked, and he never lied,I reckon he never knowed how. And this was all the religion he had, — To treat his engine well ; Never be passed on the river To mind the pilot's bell ; And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire, — A thousand... | |
 | Maximilian Schele de Vere - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1872 - 700 pages
...well-known " flunky/" is still used in the West. " A keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward man in a row ; But he never flunked, and he never lied, I reckon he never know'd how." (John Hay. Jim Bludsoe of the Prairie Belle.) Flutter- wheel, in the West, means a very... | |
 | Maximilian Schele de Vere - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1872 - 714 pages
...well-known " flunky," is still used in the West. " A keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward man in a row ; But he never flunked, and he never lied, I reckon he never know'd how." (John Hay. Jim Bludaoe of tJie Prairie BeHe.) Flutter-wheel, in the West, means a very... | |
 | Maximilian Schele de Vere - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1872 - 702 pages
...well-known " flunky," is still used in the West. " A keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward man in a row ; But he never flunked, and he never lied, I reckon he never know'd how." (John Hay. Jim Bludsoe of ike Prairie Belle.) Flutter-wheel, in the West, means a very... | |
 | John Hay - 1873 - 206 pages
...Natchez-under-the-Hill And another one here, in Pike ; A keerless man in 'his talk was Jim, And an awkward hand in a row, But he never flunked, and he never lied, I...religion he had, — To treat his engine well ; Never be passed on the river To mind the pilot's bell ; And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire, — A thousand... | |
 | Free thought - 1877 - 604 pages
...Natchez-under-the-Hill, And another one here, in Pike. A keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward man in a row — But he never flunked, and he never lied;...religion he had— To treat his engine well; Never be passed on the river; To mind the Pilot's bell ; And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire — A thousand... | |
 | Free thought - 1877 - 600 pages
...Natchez-under-the-Hill, And another one here, in Pike. A keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward man in a row — But he never flunked, and he never lied; I reckon he never kaowed how. And this was all the religion he had— To treat his engine well; Never be passed on the... | |
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And this was all the religion he had — To treat his engine well, Never be passed on the river, To mind the pilot's bell ; And if ever the Prairie Belle... 
