thuh shuck and jive

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                       i found hern
                         yes I did
                         sprouting
               from the pretty uv thuh
                           prairie 
                    cross thuh creek
                          and to i
                   hern grant'd mine
                         look see
               and hern pluperfect wuz
                         and still
                              iz

                   she found mine
                      yes she did
                 we argue 'bout it
                         just for
                    shuck and jive
               but 'twuz 'cross thuh 
                          creek
                   and i did peek
            'bout mine duke's digits
                         worth 
                        i smiled
                and ya knowz thuh
                          poet...
                 i shuck and jive'd her 
                     'til her clothez
                           well
                      y'all knowz
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