Come all of you people, I pray you draw near, A comical ditty I promise you’ll hear. The boys in this country they try to advance By courting the ladies and learning to dance. 
The boys in this country they try to be plain-Those words that you hear you may hear them again With twice as much added on if you can. There’s many a boy who thinks he’s a man. 
They’ll go to their parties, their whiskey they’ll take, And out in the dark their bottles they’ll break; You’ll hear one say, "There’s a bottle round here; So come along boys, and we’ll all take a share." 
There is some wears shoes and some wears boots, But there are very few that rides who don’t shoot; More than this I’ll tell you what they’ll do, They’ll get them a watch and a ranger hat too; 
They’ll go in the hall with spurs on their heel; Yhey’ll get them a partner to dance the next reel, Saying, " How do I look in my new brown suit, With my pants stuffed down in the top of my boot?" 
Now, I think it’s quite time to leave off these lads, For here are some girls that’s fully as bad; They’ll trim up their dresses and curl up their hair, And like an old owl ’fore the looking-glass stare. 
The girls in the country they grin like a cat, And with giggling and laughing don’t know where they’re at; They think they’re pretty, and I tell you they are wise, But they couldn’t get married to save their two eyes. 
You can tell a good girl wherever she’s found; No trimming, no laces, no nonsense around; With a long-eared bonnet tied under her chin,She’ll marry you if you are broke or if you have the tin. 
They’ll go to church with their snuff-box in hand, They’ll give it a tap to make it look grand; Perhaps there is another one or two And they’ll pass it around and it’s "Madam, won’t you?" 
Now I think it’s quite time for this ditty to end; If there’s anyone here that it will offend, If there’s anyone here that thinks it amiss, 
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