It was this a-way jedge: Ye see I doled de cards and Jim Brown he had a pah of aces and a pah of kings
"It was this a-way, jedge: Ye see, I doled de cards, and Jim
Brown he had a pah of aces and a pah of kings."
"What did you have?"
"Three aces, jedge, and----"
"What did Jim do?"
"Jim, he drew."
"What did he draw?"
"He drew a razzer, jedge."
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