He’s Had No Show

He’s Had No Show.
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Joe Reell ‘ud set upon a ker.
Down to the groc’ry store, an’ throw
One leg right over t’other leg
An’ swear he’d never had no show.
“Oh, no,” said Joe,
“Hain’t hed no show,”
Then shift his quid t’other jaw,
An’ chaw, an’ chaw, an’ chaw, an’ chaw.

He said he got no start in life.
Didn’t get no money from his dad,
The washin’ took in by his wife
Earned all the funds he ever had.
“Oh, no,” said Joe,
“Hain’t hed no show,”
An’ then he’d look up at the clock
An’ talk, an’ talk, an’ talk. an’ talk.

“I’ve waited twenty years-let’s see- Yes, twenty-four, an’ never struck,
Altho’ I’ve sot roun’ patiently.
The fust tarnation streak of luck.
“Oh, no,” sald Joe,
“Hain’t hed no show.”
Then stuck like mucilage to the spot,
An sot, an’ sot, an’ sot, an’ sot.

“I’ve come down regerler every day
For twenty years to Piper’s store.
I’ve sot here in a patient way.
Say, hain’t I. Piper? Piper swore.
“I tell ye, Joe,
Yer ain’t no show:
Yer too derned patient ther hull raft
Jest latted, aut laffed, an’ laffed, an’ laffed.