| Title | Yankee Phrases |
| Short Title | Nightingale, 1800 |
| Page | 77-78 |
| First Line | As sound as a nut o'er the plains |
| Verses | 10 |
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| Comments | Numerous comparisons: "Dead as a hammer", "Hard as a brick" |
| IDSONG | S0009994 |
| IDSOURCE | B0000212 |