That's where I'm barkin' at a knot! "'This yere leapin' comes first on the bill.

I ain't been in the ring yet; the tumblin' business is where I makes my deeboo.

I've got on a white clown soote with big red spots, an' my face is all flour.

I'm as certain of my comin' pop'larity as a wet dog.

I shore allows that when Jule an' old Hickey observes my graceful agility an' then hears me warble "Roll Jurdan, Roll," I'll make 'em hang their heads.
"'The tumblin' is about to begin; the band's playin', an' all us athletes is ranged Injun file along a plank down which we're to run.
I'm the last chicken on the roost.
"'Even unto this day it's a subject of contention in circus cirkles as to where I hits that springboard.