Rappers vs. Braggers

FINK'S BRAG (original spelling) : "I'm a Salt river Roarer!  I'm a ring-tailed squealer!  I'm a reg'lar screamer from the old Massassip'! WHOOP! I'm half wild horse and half cock-eyed alligator and the rest o' me is crooked snags an' red hot snappin' turkle. I can out-run, out-jump, out-shoot, out-brag, out-drink, and out-fight any man from Pittsburgh to New Orleans!  Come on you Flatters, you Bargers, you milk-white Mechanics an' see how tough I am to chaw!  I ain't had a fight for two days and I'm spilien' for exercise!  Cock-a-doodle-Do!" -- Mississippi Keelboatman Mike Fink (1797-1833)
                                                                                 (Acrylic on Canvas 24 x 36)