To Bessie On Har Birthday!

Cuzin Dugan's Poem

Yore purtier than tha sunset
an sweeter than tha dew.
In all the wide creation
Ther aint no other like yew.

Of all tha high steppers
an sweet smellers thet's classy,
There's some thet's as nice
but there aint none that's as sassy.

I have knowed lotsa wimin
an chased lotsa tail.
But yer tha onliest one
that I've had ta git outa jail.

So before I git tearful
an slobbery an messy,
I jest wanta holler
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bessie.

Cuz Dugan