Cooney Potter + 

I inherited forty acres from my Father + 

And, by working my wife, my two sons and two daughters + 

From dawn to dusk, I acquired + 

A thousand acres. But not content, + 

Wishing to own two thousand acres, + 

I bustled through the years with axe and plow, + 

Toiling, denying myself, my wife, my sons, my daughters. + 

Squire Higbee wrongs me to say + 

That I died from smoking Red Eagle cigars. + 

Eating hot pie and gulping coffee + 

During the scorching hours of harvest time + 

Brought me here ere I had reached my sixtieth year. + 