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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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POTATO BLOSSOM SONGS AND JIGS

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Carl Sandburg·1878–1967
um tiddy um,tiddy um,tiddy um tum tum.My knees are loose-like, my feet want to sling theirselves. I feel like tickling you under the chin—honey—anda-asking: Why Does a Chicken Cross the Road?When the hens are a-laying eggs, and the roosters pluck-pluck-put-akut and you—honey—put new potatoesand gravy on the table, and there ain’t too much rain or too little:Say, why do I feel so gabby?Why do I want to holler all over the place?