"Me and Lizzie had been thick for a couple of years and was jest waitin' till I'd corralled enough cash for a start.

Then the other day along comes this feller Bard with a queer way of talkin' school language.

Made you feel like you was readin' a bit out of a dictionary jest to listen to him for a minute.

Liz, she never heard nothin' like it, I figure.

She got all eyes and sat still and listened.