Ez Fer War, I Call It Murder,-- There You Hev It Plain An' Fla

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Ez fer war, I call it murder,--
There you hev it plain an' flat;
I don't want to go no furder
Than my Testyment fer that.
. . . . .
An' you 've gut to git up airly
Ef you want to take in God.
-- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
-- The Biglow Papers, First Series, No. i

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