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do. On my belly I cud feal them 3 stroaks pulling. Torch fires shimmying and the rain spattering in and the shadders shaking over us inside the roof. Faces all ternt to me out of bodys what lookit like wet bundels throwt down on benches and steaming in the warm. Our crowd pong rising which it wer mud and wet it wer meat smoak and sweat long soakt in to the levver and the wool and the hard clof. Suddn it comes to you: What can any body tel any body?
I said, "All right here I am your new connexion man which Im the son of your old connexion man Brooder Walker him as ben kilt in the digging at Widders Dump for a peace of old rottin iron. Here goes my 1st connexion then."
Befor I write down that 1st connexion I bes say a word or 2 about connexions and I myt as wel tel Truth. When my dad ben a live I all ways thot I cud do better connexions nor him when my chance come. How he done it he wud mummel slow and qwyet and start and stop with long sylents be twean and mosly his connexions wernt nothing very as citing. Every body liket them tho. They all ways gone strait to the hart of the matter plus they wer jus that littl bit else nor mos peopl wuntve thot of it qwite the same way.
Like the time back when I ben 7 or 8 when Littl Salting Fents got largent in by Dog Et Form. That ben up on Top Shoar and we ben down by Fork Stoan then in Crippel the Farn Fents. Every body heard of it tho and talking on it. Dog Et tol some cow shit story of a Outland raid from over water they said thats how Littl Salting got ther Big Man kilt plus 8 mor dead and the res of the crowd sparsit out to who ever wud take them in. In that woal story Dog Et tol there bint a word of Truth only how many dead. Every body knowit Dog Et said, "Les largen in to gether" and Littl Salting said "No" which then it wer arga warga for them.
Wel the Pry Mincer and the Wes Mincer done 1 of ther specials dint they. Coarse they done. My dad tol me that show over when he ben lerning me. I myt as wel tel it here then when I write down the connexion for it thatwl show his styl.
That show ben done by the same Goodparley & Orfing as done the show Ive all ready wrote down. I dont have only the las part of the patter.
Orfing says, "Eusa when you coming up?"
Eusa says rather his voyce says, "I dont know. Longs I stay down no 1 cant put me down."
Orfing says, "Eusa you dont soun very salty." Eusas voyce says, "May be thats why every body ben trying to salt me."
1st figger up aint Eusa its a bloak with a pan of salt. Hes singing a littl song to his self:
"I am the man
With salt in his pan
Every body knows I am a salty man"
Hes singing like that going backards and forit with his salt pan. Mr Clevver comes up then. Hes stanning there watching the salting bloak and hes hummering to his self a littl. The salting bloak stops and hes looking at Mr Clevver.
Mr Clevver says, "Salty bloak are you."
The salting bloak says, "I reckon Im as salty as the nex 1."
Mr Clevver says, "Parbly you are mos of the time. This heres a nice littl peace of shoar."
The salting bloak says, "O yes its a good a nuff peace of shoar."
Mr Clevver says, "You bes in joy it wylst you can. Have good pleasur and good measur wylst youve got it."
The salting bloak says, "What dyou mean? This here peace of shoar its ben myn and it all ways wil be."
Mr Clevver says, "You myt know whats ben but you dont know what wil be. You bes keap your eye on Eusa."
The salting bloak says, "What for?"
Mr Clevver says, "Becaws hes got his eye on your peace of shoar."
The salting bloak says, "Wel he better take his eye off it then. Any 1 trys to move in on me wil fynd his self in Trubba. This heres my groun and Iwl stan my groun."
Mr Clevver says, "And Iwl stan right behynt you. Here comes Eusa now." Mr Clevver goes down then.
Up comes Eusa leading a cow. The salting bloak is looking at him hard. Eusa looking out to 1 side all scanful.
The salting bloak says, "Oy! Whatre you looking out for then?"
Eusa says, "Looking out
I said, "All right here I am your new connexion man which Im the son of your old connexion man Brooder Walker him as ben kilt in the digging at Widders Dump for a peace of old rottin iron. Here goes my 1st connexion then."
Befor I write down that 1st connexion I bes say a word or 2 about connexions and I myt as wel tel Truth. When my dad ben a live I all ways thot I cud do better connexions nor him when my chance come. How he done it he wud mummel slow and qwyet and start and stop with long sylents be twean and mosly his connexions wernt nothing very as citing. Every body liket them tho. They all ways gone strait to the hart of the matter plus they wer jus that littl bit else nor mos peopl wuntve thot of it qwite the same way.
Like the time back when I ben 7 or 8 when Littl Salting Fents got largent in by Dog Et Form. That ben up on Top Shoar and we ben down by Fork Stoan then in Crippel the Farn Fents. Every body heard of it tho and talking on it. Dog Et tol some cow shit story of a Outland raid from over water they said thats how Littl Salting got ther Big Man kilt plus 8 mor dead and the res of the crowd sparsit out to who ever wud take them in. In that woal story Dog Et tol there bint a word of Truth only how many dead. Every body knowit Dog Et said, "Les largen in to gether" and Littl Salting said "No" which then it wer arga warga for them.
Wel the Pry Mincer and the Wes Mincer done 1 of ther specials dint they. Coarse they done. My dad tol me that show over when he ben lerning me. I myt as wel tel it here then when I write down the connexion for it thatwl show his styl.
That show ben done by the same Goodparley & Orfing as done the show Ive all ready wrote down. I dont have only the las part of the patter.
Orfing says, "Eusa when you coming up?"
Eusa says rather his voyce says, "I dont know. Longs I stay down no 1 cant put me down."
Orfing says, "Eusa you dont soun very salty." Eusas voyce says, "May be thats why every body ben trying to salt me."
1st figger up aint Eusa its a bloak with a pan of salt. Hes singing a littl song to his self:
"I am the man
With salt in his pan
Every body knows I am a salty man"
Hes singing like that going backards and forit with his salt pan. Mr Clevver comes up then. Hes stanning there watching the salting bloak and hes hummering to his self a littl. The salting bloak stops and hes looking at Mr Clevver.
Mr Clevver says, "Salty bloak are you."
The salting bloak says, "I reckon Im as salty as the nex 1."
Mr Clevver says, "Parbly you are mos of the time. This heres a nice littl peace of shoar."
The salting bloak says, "O yes its a good a nuff peace of shoar."
Mr Clevver says, "You bes in joy it wylst you can. Have good pleasur and good measur wylst youve got it."
The salting bloak says, "What dyou mean? This here peace of shoar its ben myn and it all ways wil be."
Mr Clevver says, "You myt know whats ben but you dont know what wil be. You bes keap your eye on Eusa."
The salting bloak says, "What for?"
Mr Clevver says, "Becaws hes got his eye on your peace of shoar."
The salting bloak says, "Wel he better take his eye off it then. Any 1 trys to move in on me wil fynd his self in Trubba. This heres my groun and Iwl stan my groun."
Mr Clevver says, "And Iwl stan right behynt you. Here comes Eusa now." Mr Clevver goes down then.
Up comes Eusa leading a cow. The salting bloak is looking at him hard. Eusa looking out to 1 side all scanful.
The salting bloak says, "Oy! Whatre you looking out for then?"
Eusa says, "Looking out
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