An Explanation + 

Look heah! ’Splain to me de reason + 

Why you said to Squire Lee, + 

Der wuz twelve ole chicken thieves + 

In dis heah town, includin’ me. + 

Ef he tole you dat, my brudder, + 

He said sump’n dat warn’t true; + 

W’at I said wuz dis, dat der wuz + 

Twelve, widout includin’ you. + 

Oh!⁠ ⁠… !⁠— + 