Lyr. Add" SO WOULD I
John A. Stone
No air given

If Eastern fops who paint their cheeks,
And wear their standing collars,
Would live and work with me two weeks
I'd give five hundred dollars.

For breakfast ere we went to work,
We'd take a bite "for greens,"
For dinner we'd have beans and pork,
For supper, pork and beans.

If California was an eel,
A bullhead, shark or whale,
I'm satisfied, as I now feel,
That I would be the tail!

Stone, John A., 1858, Put's Golden Songster, p. 26.

"Tom Palmer came home yesterday, and his wife says My dear, what shall we have for dinner?
Why, one of your lovely smiles, replied Tom. I can dine on that any day.
Yes, but I can't, said his wife.
Well, then take this, said he, giving her a kiss. He then went out, and came back soon after for his dinner.
This steak is excellent, said Tom, what did you give for it?
Why, what you gave me this morning, said his wife."