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Quotes from A Little Book of Western Verse — Eugene Field

d. 1895 United States

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It always was the biggest fish I caught that got away.

A Little Book of Western Verse (1889)

The best of all physicians
Is apple pie and cheese!

A Little Book of Western Verse (1889)

Oh, you who've been a-fishing will indorse me
when I say
That it always is the biggest fish you catch that
gets away!

A Little Book of Western Verse (1889)

When I demanded of my friend what viands he preferred,
He quoth: "A large cold bottle, and a small hot bird!"

A Little Book of Western Verse (1889)

He could whip his weight in wildcats.

A Little Book of Western Verse (1889)

I feel a sort of yearnin' 'nd a chokin' in my throat
When I think of Red Hoss Mountain 'nd of Casey's tabble dote!

A Little Book of Western Verse (1889)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Eugene Field (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.