Josh Billmgs Prayer
i "Fioin to many friends, and from tlnugs at luce pndtt, good Lord deliver us! Fmtn wealth without chantips, from pride with'mt se se, from j edigrne worn out, and from all rich relations, good Loid deliver us ! From finaix in the grass, fioiu nails in om 'hoots, fioin 'orchii^ht piocesims, a id fiom all new iiirn, good Loid <ie livdi'i's! Fiom pack peddl* rs, fzoni v y.m^; i 1 :s in luv, from old aunts without money, and fr ■» all koeia mo - bus, good Lord deliver up! Fiom nusepaper bells, and froui pills that Haiti, from females who' faint, and fiom men who Hatter, good Lord de liver us ! From vir v without frag ranee, from butter that smells, from nigger kamp meetings g< oJ Lord deliver us ! Fromiother folks' si c ets, , and from our own and women com- ' "jnittees, good Lord delivei u» ! From pollytishuins who pra, and from saints ! who" tipple, fiom ri coffee, fiom i,ed 'herrin's and grass widows, g*ol Loid deliver us! From folks who won't ~laugb~aud from them who giggle, < from tite butes, easy viitu, and lam J muttou, good Lord tleliver us.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 124, 11 April 1891, Page 4
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193Josh Billmgs Prayer Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 124, 11 April 1891, Page 4
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