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"a Law Agin It."

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Day
18
Month
May
Year
1887
Copyright
Public Domain
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'Our churcli lias eot a bran' new man, The Baptls' preacner can't cuiue neur lilni, And Sunday belng brlglit and wurm, thought I'd II ke togoand In-ar In in ; {ut lf I'd know'd 'twas liishl.ni day,'Wltli wonien dressed llke faucy plcters, To tuk my mlnd In aermon time, I'd t-tayed at home and read Ilie Scrlpters. 'lm old and I'ra old-fashloned,lbut I nottce qulck whal Isn't decent, Auü I kk' women act Hke geeae n aplng altor style thtt's receiit. Tliey comb thelr halr straight up belilud, And put In arrer tor to pin lt. And irlz and bang lt down In front ; Tliere oughl to be a law agln lt. 'They buy the hleht hats there Is, And inakn 'em hlgher yet wlth trlnimin', And feathers frlzzlln' ut, untll Tliey look llke Inliinks more than women. Aadbustles! land, I saw one fclrl A'lio couldn't sil Hlralglit up a minute, aay U's awful - and I suy, There ought to bea law agln lt. ' ' Twan't o when I was young- why tben Plif ijiiUHt churcli was wortn a seeln' ; l'lii'y dldn't dreiv till folks forgot l'o pralse the author of thelr beln'; Uur gowns wajt neat, witb buttons up And down, In modest rows, to trim 'em, mlnd Aunt Polly Jone declared l'htre uugul to be a law agln 'em. 'Butsbe was queer; I recollect The bonnit that I got one summer Hau Ince and roses on the slde, And mi lt likt 1 to overeóme h ;r, ur when uhe saw that buncb o' lace, Wlth artificial postes In lt, She .iiibt rolled up her eye and sald : Tbere ought to be a law agln lt.

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News