Didn't Bust His Fork

He could tell ye what he'd done,
--He was eloquent, my son,
In puttin' all his doin's into mighty lively talk.
But I've follered him around,
And, by gosh, I never found
That he ever lifted hard enough to
Bust
His
Fork!
Pie was always full o' brag
'Bout how he could lift a jag
That would double up a hossfork and make the horses balk.
But I never see'd no signs
That he ever bent the tines
Or ever bruk' the handle of his
Old
Pitch
Fork!