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Wed 3 Aug, 2005 11:10 am
TIP SAMS HAD TWINS 5 DOGS AND A MULE
http://www.wvu.edu/~lawfac/jelkins/lp-2001/noe.html
Found above...well it's a start
Author: J. T. Cotton Noe
Sarah
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Tip Sams
Tip Sams had twins
And a razor-backed sow,
Five dogs and a mule,
And an old roan cow;
A bone-spavined filly,
And a one room house,
And a little wrinkled woman.
Just as meek as a mouse;
Old Tip raised tobacco
And trafficked in skins,
For he had seven sons
In addition to the twins;
And every mother's son,
And the little mammy Jude,
Smoked a pipe all day
And the twins both chewed
But here the story closes
Of my little romance
For the seven sons are sleeping
In the battle fields of France;
And their daddy grows tobacco
And trafficks still in skins
And the wrinkled mammy
Has another set of twins
I don't know the author or origin. I found this on a note in a diary kept by my Grandfather and it likely dates from the early 19000s.
Poet Laureate Cotton (J.T.) Noe, who wrote "Tip Sams", was my great grandfather. I have first editions (many signed, including "Tip Sams") of almost all of his work. I'd be happy to photo copy for you.
Regards,
Stina