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i Mamma and Papa, Wo-ho, Lawdy, Mamma and Papa, Godamighty God knows, Done to? me a lie, suh, Wo, Lawdy, Done to? me a lie, suh, Wo~ho, my Lawd.
2 Done told me they'd pardon
me,* Well, next July, suh.
3 June, July, and August, Done come an? gone, suh.
4 Left me here rolling On this oP farm, suh. |
5 When Hannah t go to beaming Make you think about your
mamma.
6 When the boys go to steamin', Make a nigger run away, suh,
7 Oh, me an' my pardner, We went to the Brazis.
8 And he could not swim, suh, And he could not swim.
9 I crossed him over, On a live-oak limb.
io Ride, old dog-man,
You better ride, old dog-man. |
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11 When the Brazis was risin', Riley walked the water. |
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* Each couplet to be expanded as in the first stanza, t The sun. |
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