A yankee once a walking in virginia at
Wheeling while to himself a talking experienced
a feeling strange painful and alarming
from his cap up to his knees as he Sudenly
discoverd he was coverd o'er, with .. bees.
they rested on his eyelids and perched upon
his nose they colonized his peaked face and
swarmed upon his clothes. they explored
his swelling nostrils and dove deep into
his ears. they crawled up his trouser legs
and filled his eyes with tears. Did he
yell like a hyena. Did he hollar like a loon
Was he scart and did he cut and run or
did the critter' swoon [illegible in original] one he wasnt'
scard a might he never swooned or holers
but he hived em in a nail-keg tight and
Sold em for two Dollars!