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Show KATIES ANSWER. Oh? Katie's a rogue, it is thrue,? But her eyes, like the sky, are so blue, An' her dimples so swatc,? An' her ankles so nate?, She dazed, su'? she bothered me, too-- Till one mornin' we wint [went] for a ride, Whin, [when], demure as a bride, by my side, The derliat? She sat, Wid? [with] the wickedest hat ‘Neath purty girl's chin iver [ever] tied. An' my heart, arrsh?, thfu? How it bate?' For my Kate looked so temptin' an? swate,? Wid [with] cheeks like the roses, Au'? all the red posies That grow in her garden so bate? But I sat just as mute as the dead, till she said, wid [with] a toss of her head, "If I'd known that to-day Yu'd [you'd] have nothing to say, I'd have gone with my cousin, instead" Thin [then] I felt myself grow very boald [bold], For I knew she'd not scold if I towld [told] Uv [of] the love in my heart, That would never depart, Though I lived to be wrinkled and owld [old]. An' I said. "If I dared to do so, I'd lit [let] go uv [of] the baste? , an' I'd throw Both arms round her waist, An' be stelin' [stealin'] a taste Uv [of] them lips that are coaxin' me so" Thin [then] she blushed a more illegant [elegant] red As she said, widout [without] raisin' her head, An' her eyes lookin' down ‘Neath her lashes so brown, "Would you like me to drive? M? Ted" |