Truthful Jim Talks Of Kansas

Spinnin' yarns, that's not my holt
If I am from Kansas.
Makes' my inner feelin's jolt
Hearin' yarns o' Kansas.
Allus like to stick to truth,
Learned that when I was a youth,
Think some stories are uncouth,
That they tell o' Kansas.

Yes, I lived here long ago
In the state o' Kansas.
Though there wasn't then much show
Fer a boy in Kansas.
Helped Ed. R. Smith sow the seed
Of the bluestem^__yes, indeed,
Never growed a thing but weeds
'Fore that time in Kansas.

Saw the drouth o' '60 through
On the plains o' Kansas.
Scarcely knew then what to do,
Almost scared 'o Kansas.
When the buffaloes came by
Caught the cows and milked them dry;
Allus some way if you try
To get through to Kansas.

^__Ed Blair.