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From: Jean Mayfield Cuevas <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Off subject - flu
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 20:33:55 -0500

Thanks, Leah.

That was adorable! :-)

Jean C.


At 07:50 PM 1/13/00 -0500, you wrote:
>One of the things I enjoy doing while working on my book, is looking at other
>articles beside those items that strictly relate to my family history (maybe
>that's why I enjoy this list as much as I do) and making copies of some to
>include in my book. Below is a poem originally published in the New York Sun
>and then reprinted on February 26, 1903 in the Prairie Grove (Washington
>County, Arkansas) Herald. Thought some might enjoy it. Maybe not those with
>the flu right now though.
>
>Signs of Grip
>
>Ef yer bones all
>Ache like sin,
>Can't tell where
>The pains begin:
>Ef yer weepy
>In yer eyes,
>Don't keer ef yer
>Lives or dies:
>Ef yer head ez
>Billin' hot,
>Feel et bustin'
>Like ez not:
>Ef yer feet ez
>Clammy cold,
>Ef yer feels
>A centery old:
>Ef yer can't dig
>Up a think,
>'Cause yer noddle's
>On der blink:
>Ef yer staggers
>When yer walks,
>An' yer stutters
>When yer talks:
>Don't go guessin',
>Take my tip:
>Git a doctor -
>Got th' grip.
>
>Leah
>
>
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