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The book of joyous children . Us-FOLKS is purty pore—hut MaShe s waitin—two years more— tel PaHe serve his term out. Our Pa he-Se s in the Penitenchurrie ! Now clout you never tell!—cause SiSjThe baby, she dont know he is.—Cause she wuz only four, you-=^^^1 know, He kissed her last an hat to go ! Pa alluz liked Sis best of allUs childern.—Spect its cause she fallWhen she uz ist a child, one day—An make her back look thataway.[130] A DUBIOUS OLD KRISS Pa—fore he be a burglar—he sA locksmiff, an maked locks, an keys,An knobs you pull fer bells to ring,An he could 1st make am Cause our Ma say he
The book of joyous children . Us-FOLKS is purty pore—hut MaShe s waitin—two years more— tel PaHe serve his term out. Our Pa he-Se s in the Penitenchurrie ! Now clout you never tell!—cause SiSjThe baby, she dont know he is.—Cause she wuz only four, you-=^^^1 know, He kissed her last an hat to go ! Pa alluz liked Sis best of allUs childern.—Spect its cause she fallWhen she uz ist a child, one day—An make her back look thataway.[130] A DUBIOUS OLD KRISS Pa—fore he be a burglar—he sA locksmiff, an maked locks, an keys,An knobs you pull fer bells to ring,An he could 1st make am Cause our Ma say he can! —An thisHere little pair o crutches SisSkips round on—Pa maked if/iem—yes-sir !—An silivur-plate-name here fer her! Pa s out o work when Chrismus comeOne time, an stay away from home, ^ An s drunk an buse our Ma, an swearThey aint no Old Kriss anywhere !. An Sis she alluz say they wuzA Old Kriss—an she alluz ef they is a Old Kriss, why,When s Chrismus, Ma she alluz cry ?[131] A DUBIOUS ^OLD KRISS This Chrismus noWj we live here inWhere Mas rents alliiz due agin—An she ^^ist slaves ^^—1 heerd her sayShe did—isfc them words thataway !
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