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I had a job once threshing wheat, worked sixteen hours with hands and feet, And when the moon was shining bright they kept me working all the night. One moonlight night, I hate to tell, I "accidentally" slipped and fell. My pitchfork went right in between some cog wheels of that thresh machine.

Next day that stingy rube did say, "I'll bring my eggs to town to-day; You grease my wagon up, you mutt, and don't forget to screw the nut." I greased his wagon all right, but I plumb forgot to screw the nut, And when he started on that trip, the wheel slipped off and broke his hip.