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The Omaha
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5UMOAY AUGUST 3 1006
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WORD come roun' fum 'cross de water
Dat de B'ar wuz a-courtin' Brer Coon's daughter,
When you know mighty well dat he hadn't oughter
An' de ladies all, you should 'a' seed um
A-runnin de kyards an' tryin! ter read um f
Wid han's in de a'r, dey said, " Oh, my, suh !
We mayn't break de match, but we sholy kin try, suh
An' ef 'taint our business, please tell us why, suh,
Kaze ,1at kinder doin's is ez much out'n natur'
z ef de squash wuz ter flirt wid de taterl "
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Miss Meadows, she say 'twuz mighty surprising
An' de gals, dey titter'd, " It looks rank p'izen,"
But dey hatter run home, kaze der bread wuz a-risin';
Dey talked an' talked twel dey all had der sesso,
An' talked right on twel dey fiit it dessol
De men creeturs say dat wimmen mighty funtfy,
Some marries fer station, an' some fer money,
An' some des bekaze somebody calls um honey,
But whedder you burn er blow out de candle,
Brer B'ar's gwines on wuz sholy a scandal I
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All dis aint pester little Miss Coon, suh
She grinned at de stars an' den at die moon, suh,
An' went a-fishin' des ez soon, suh,
Ez de frqgs in de swamp 'gun ter holla an' beller,
An' when she went, she went wid her feller I
Now, ol Brer B'r wuz fond er froggin "
An' eve'ybody vowed dat his ol' noggin'
Wuz hard ez de stuff you lift at a loggin';
But all dis suited Miss Coon ter a T, suh,
An' she wuz des ez happy ez she could -be, suh!
Well, de courtin'- went on by de light er de moon, suh,
An' all day long twel de atternoon, suh, -
An' de creeturs sho did rap Miss Coon, suh!
Kaze why should she marry out'n tier station,
Mo' special, a man dat don't b'long ter her nation?
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An' time crope on, des like It o ugh ter,
An' Brer B'ar kep' a-courtin' Brer Coon's daughter,
Ontell, one day, he fell in de water;
An' he sho did make a splash an' a splatter,
An' Miss Coon ai him what de matter.
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She say, se' she, " No man alat much, suh, -What
hits de water wid seen a splush, suh-"
No lady don't like no sech a sqush, suh!"
Wid dat, Brer D'ar shuck off de water,
Wid, " Folks aU say dat I hadn't oughterl"
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An' den, se' she, " You kin be a quitter,
Kaze all true love Is mizt wid bitter
De gal you love you don't allers git her
An' you'd not git me, not ef I know it:
Ef you got any gumption, you oughter show it ! "
Right den an' dar a heart wuz brokeded
Brer B'ar sot up an' like to 'a"chokeded
He lit his pipe an den he smokeded ;
" Good-bye," sezee, ter my true lover!
De day I'm dead, it'll all be over! "
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