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Marriages These Days -- Tpi

...~  TPI  ~

  Abner got divorced before he married
  His new wife Mae found that kind of scary
    But she knelt at the altar
    Though her courage did falter
  "Bet 'my BIG man' is really a fa...

Screw Etiquette

...Today is an American folk event 
Unraveled by traditions and etiquette 
Vixens ask men on a date
Women hoping to find a mate
Sadie Hawkins Day we celebrate...

Tribute To Al Capp

...Dogpatch
Daisy Mae
Little Abner
T. Cornpone USA
Al Capp...

Dog Patch Usa

...For forty-three years Lil Abner ignored the voluptuous Daisy Mae
In Al Capp’s comic strip about the good folks of Dogpatch USA
I remember as a child thinking all women should look like she.
And wo...

Something To Look Forward To, Part Vi

......Though in closing, it must be said
they did not remain there for long.
A damned Yankee wed to a Reb?
The locals all declared it wrong.

Like many others they went west,
and made Colorado the...

Something To Look Forward To, Part Iv

......Emmet would converse with Sophie,
pretend he was a normal man,
while April and Abner slipped away…
young infatuation was grand.

And after their third time out there
April and Abner were eng...

Something To Look Forward Too, Part Iii

...After moments she shook her head,
then moved over to the brick hearth,
a strew cooked over glowing coals,
she threw more spuds in for her part.

Then came over to the main room,
and sat herself...

Something To Look Forward To, Part Ii

......Emmet just sat down on a bench,
And gratefully took his boots off,
Just stretched himself out there to rest,
for the moment it was enough.

The woman seemed confused by this,
it was clear sh...

Something To Look Forward To, Part I

...His name was Emmet Patterson,
and back in 1863,
he led a cavalry unit
patrolling deep in Tennessee.

The state was firm in Union hands,
Tte Civil War in its third year,
but the threat of parti...

Kickapoo Joy Juice

...Stuff we slurp up like there's no tomorrow
Is called “Kickapoo Joy Juice” a name I borrowed
From Al Capp's Li'l Abner
A strip from another era
For 43 years till Al Capp passed away to our...

Be Prepared

...Abner; 
So beautiful like a sitting doll
How sweet your smile
That can go thousand miles
You are a joy that one can admire

Don’t let that growing desire
Flush like a dying lion
Be that beaut...

Opening Day With a Little Delay

...Opening Day with a Little Delay

Take me out to the ball game
 Of balls and strikes - bloopers and perfect games; 
 Basket catches, ERA’S, country hardball;
 Foul balls, the pick off, intentiona...

Kickapoo Joy Juice

...That stuff we slurp up like there's no tomorrow
Is called “Kickapoo Joy Juice” a name I borrowed
From Al Capp's Li'l Abner
A strip from another era
For 43 years till Al Capp passed away t...

The Devil Came To Aspen, Part Ii

......The devil didn’t hide, he strutted right out,
a smile painted on his red face.
“Why my dear sheriff, how in the world
Did you ever find my new place?”
Abner stared on, seething with hate.

“...

The Devil Came To Aspen, Part I

...In eighteen hundred ninety-three,
back in those silver-mining days,
a figure walked into Aspen town,
and it was the devil they say,
come looking for new souls to take.

He didn’t look like you ...

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