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Re: "I see, said the blind man, as he picked up his hammer and saw"
this is a bit of Americanizms... American's in the 1800's had hundreds of these...
one classic, with many version
One dark morning, in the middle of the night,
two dead boys, got up to fight,
back to back they faces each other,
drew their swords and shot each other,
a deaf police man heard the noise,
and came to rescue those two dead boys,
if you don't believe my story, ask the blind man,
he saw it it all!
the classical american song "old susanna" is very similar
It rained all night, the day left,
the weather it was dry,
the sun so hot i froze to death,
susanna, don't you cry.
Oh susanna, don't you cry for me,
i come from alabama with a bango on my knee.
both Mark Twain and Washington Irving used similar elements in some of their short stories, with characters talking contrary.
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