Daps 91
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MAMMY HAS HER SAY.” Now, baby, tell yo? mammy, Whut is trubblin’ yo’ ter day, Fer I kno’s yo’s moughty anxious,*Bout sumpin’, won’ yo’ say %Kase I kno’ dat I could he’p yo’,Ef yo’ tell it all ter me. I cay’nt bear ter see de sorrerCome across yo’ fair sweet face;An’ yo’ come right to yo? mammy,Fer I kno’s ’tis no disgrace Fer to lub an’ trus’ me darlin’ ;Kase yo’ did it when a chile! So Pll hol’ an’ rock yo’ once ag’in,As in times now pas’ erwhile;“So a Yankee-man has come Fer ter steal mah lubbed one here ?”“T cayn’t b’lieve mah seben senses;Fo’ de Lawd, I mus’ shed a tear.”I ain’ got no use fer him. Takin’ away mah baby dear, But I s’pose I mus’ gib in, Ef yo’s happy, baby-chile ;
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