Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor — Good-bye er Howdy-do

[Illustration] Say good-bye er howdy-do-- What's the odds betwixt the two?

Comin'--goin'--every day Best friends first to go away-- Grasp of hands you druther hold Than their weight in solid gold, Slips their grip while greetin' you.

-- Say good-bye er howdy-do?

Howdy-do, and then, good-bye-- Mixes jest like laugh and cry;

Deaths and births, and worst and best Tangled their contrariest;

Ev'ry jinglin' weddin'-bell Skeerin' up some funeral knell.

-- Here's my song, and there's your sigh: Howdy-do, and then, good-bye!