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'Tis said about Miss Ibby Troutt
And Johnny Harris too
They Joined their hands in wedlock's bands
Perhaps their their hearts joined true
The 15th day of January
In eighteen forty-five
The parties got so blithe & merry
To marry they would strive —
The asked no boot of man or brute
Nor give their friends vexation
Like Texans show towards Mexico
About their annexation.
Jan. 18th 1845.

T. B.