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144 Go a-screechin' laik a spook aroun' de huts,

'Twell de pickaninnies' fingahs gits to shakin' o'er de embahs

An' dey laik ter roas' dey knuckles 'stead o' nuts.

An' once w'en Chloe cum skittin' frough de do'-way ob de shanty,

Her face ez white ez any sheet—a'most,

She done skeered all dem niggahs inter feelin' mighty ha'nty

Bah 'lowin' dat she bin kissed bah a ghost!

'Twell m'dnight by de fiah all dem coward niggahs tarried,

Expectin' ebery minute sumfin orful fo' ter see;

But Chloe she nebah 'spicioned 'twell long arter we wuz married

Dat de niggah spook w'at kissed 'er den wuz me!