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 23 One kind kiss before we part, One more kiss would brake my heart, I'll lub you well until I die, So shut your mouf and do not cry, Ra, ra, &c In Carolina de niggas grow, If white man only plants his toe, Dey water de ground wid backey smoke, And up de punken heads do poke. Ra, ra, &c. Some Niggas they are so very genteel, Day haug dar hats upon dar heel, And for a place to hang dar clothes, Stand in de corner, and hang 'em on der nose Ra, ra, &c, At morning when dis nigga rose, He put his mitteus on his toes, He went to shell corn in de shed, Shelled his shins all bare instead. Ra, ra, &c. In old Wurginia whar I war born, Dey feed de niggas on possum corn, And den dey get so debilish fat, Dere heads swell up, dey can't wear a hat. la, ra, &c.

DON'T BE FOOLISH, JOE. When I lived down in Tennesse, U-li-a-li, o-la-e, I went courting Rosa Lee, U-li-a-li, o-la-e. Eyes as black as winter's night, Lips as red as berries bright: When wooing first we both did go, She said, No, don't be foolish, Joe. U-li-a-li, o-la-e, Courting down in Tennesse, U-li-a-li, o-la-e, Beneath the wild banana tree.