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Put on yo' red silk stockings, / Black gal.
Go out an' let de white boys / Look at yo' legs.
Ain't nothin' to do for you, nohow, / Round this town --
You's too pretty.
Put on yo' red silk stockings, gal, / An' tomorrow's chile'll / Be a high yaller.
Go out an' let de white boys / Look at yo' legs.