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ALMOST BEYOND ENDURANCE by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

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First Line: I AIN'T A-GOIN' TO CRY NO MORE, NO MORE!
Last Line: I IST AIN'T GOIN' TO CRY NO MORE, NO MORE!
Subject(s): FAMILY LIFE; TEARS; RELATIVES;

I AIN'T a-goin' to cry no more, no more!
I'm got ear-ache, an' Ma can't make
It quit a-tall;
An' Carlo bite my rubber-ball
An' puncture it; an' Sis she take
An' poke' my knife down through the stable-floor
An' loozed it -- blame it all!
But I ain't goin' to cry no more, no more!

An' Aunt Mame @3wrote@1 she's comin', an' she @3can't@1 --
Folks is come @3there!@1 -- An' I don't care
She @3is@1 my Aunt!
An' my eyes stings; an' I'm
Ist coughin' all the time,
An' hurts me so; an' where my side's so sore
Grampa felt where, an' he
Says "Mayby it's @3pleurasy!"@1
But I ain't goin' to cry no more, no more!

An' I clumbed up an' nen falled off the fence,
An' Herbert he ist laugh at me!
An' my fi'-cents
It sticked in my tin bank, an' I ist tore
Purt' nigh my thumbnail off, a-tryin' to git
It out -- nen @3smash@1 it! -- An' it's in there yit!
But I ain't goin' to cry no more, no more!

@3Oo!@1 I'm so wickud! -- An' my breath's so @3hot@1 --
Ist like I run an' don't res' none
But ist run on when I ought to not;
Yes, an' my chin
An' lips's all warpy, an' teeth's so fast,
An' 's a place in my throat I can't swaller past --
An' they all hurt so! --
An' oh, my-oh!
I'm a-startin' ag'in --
I'm a-@3startin'@1 ag'in, but I @3won't,@1 fer shore! --
@3I ist ain't goin' to cry no more, no more!@1



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