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    Darkey Ways in Dixie
    Darkey Ways in Dixie
    Darkey Ways in Dixie
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    Darkey Ways in Dixie

    By Margaret A. Richard

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Darkey Ways in Dixie - Margaret A. Richard

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      Title: Darkey Ways in Dixie

      Author: Margaret A. Richard

      Release Date: December 23, 2012 [EBook #41691]

      Language: English

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      A Charleston Ground-nut Woman.

      DARKEY WAYS IN

      DIXIE

      BY

      MARGARET A. RICHARD

      THE

      Abbey Press

      PUBLISHERS

      114

      FIFTH AVENUE

      London  NEW YORK  Montreal

      Copyright, 1901.

      by

      THE

      Abbey Press

      CONTENTS.

      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

      DARKEY WAYS IN DIXIE.

      Mammy’s Baby Chile.

      Hush, now hush, do’ cry no mo’

      Kaze yo’ daddy had ter go

      In de massa’s fiel’ ter hoe,

      Mammy’s baby chile.

      He gwine come back, dat you’ll see,

      Kaze he b’long ter you en me,

      En he’ll jog you on his knee,

      Mammy’s baby chile.

      Hush, den hush, do’ cry no mo’!

      Set dar quiet on de flo’

      While I wash de clo’es, you know,

      Mammy’s baby chile.

      When de cotton season come,

      Me en you won’ stay at home,

      Kaze yo’ mammy gwine pick some,

      Mammy’s baby chile.

      You kin set in de sunshine

      On de cotton, sof’ en fine,

      Lis’nin’ ter de moanin’ pine,

      Mammy’s baby chile.

      When we done, at en’ ob day,

      En come home (heah what I say!)

      Daddy’ll ride you all de way,

      Mammy’s baby chile.

      Hush, den hush, do’ cry no mo’

      Kaze yo’ daddy had ter go

      In de massa’s fiel’ ter hoe,

      Mammy’s baby chile.

      Playin’ Craps.

      What you git dat nickel change

      Up in coppers fo’,

      What de preacher gib ter you

      Las’ night ’fo’e he go?

      Bet you soon be wid dem chaps

      Roun’ de corner playin’ craps.

      What you say? You done bin dar?

      Is you, nigger, sho?

      Den de Black Maria git you

      Sho’s de pleeceman know

      ’Bout dem dirty little chaps

      Roun’ de corner playin’ craps.

      What you gwine make up ter tell

      Preacher Jones, Eli,

      When he as’ you ’bout dat nickel—

      When, en how, en why?

      Dat you los’ it ter

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