Part 2 — LXVII.
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It was some time before an explanation was forthcoming for the next:
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Jes' so me barn, jes' so me barn, you can weary long boot, jes' so me barn.
The words mean:—"I was born just so; you can wear long boots, boots that come high up the leg." A girl, who has not money enough to buy boots, is envious of a companion who is wearing them. She says:—"I was born, just as you were, poor. Yet you have got long boots, while I must put up with 'bulldogs,' rope-soled slippers. Where did you get the money to pay for your boots? Did you tief it, or what?"