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POEMS BY CLARA A. MERRILL
STOP TALKIN'
When a feller gets his back up And his temper's in a muss; If he keeps a peckin' at ye— Tryin' hard to pick a fuss.—Jest ye go about yer bis-ness. 'Course its aggravatin'—but Half the row will be averted If ye'll keep yer talker shut!
Shut yer lips together firmly— Let the "other feller" groan,—Soon yell find the ranch deserted, For he will not fight alone. Ferocious bully'll prove a coward,— If ye swerve not from the rut Of yer staunch determination That yell keep yer talker shut!
Talkin' makes a heap o' trouble Out o' nothin', scandals great,—As one gossip, then another From the truth will deviate
