Good-bye er Howdy-do

Say good-bye er howdy-do— What's the odds betwixt the two? Comin'—goin'—every day Best friends first to go away— Grasp of hands you druther hold Than their weight in solid gold, Slips their grip while greetin' you.— Say good-bye er howdy-do? Howdy-do, and then, good-bye— Mixes jest like laugh and cry; Deaths and births, and worst and best Tangled their contrariest; Ev'ry jinglin' weddin'-bell Skeerin' up some funeral knell.— Here's my song, and there's your sigh: Howdy-do, and then, good-bye! Say good-bye er howdy-do— Jest the same to me and you; 'Taint worth while to make no fuss, 'Cause the job's put up on us! Some one's runnin' this concern That's got nothin' else to learn— If he's willin', we'll pull through. Say good-bye or howdy-do!