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Ponchus Pilut _ust_ to be / Ist a _Slave_, an' now he's _free_. / Slaves wuz on'y ist before / The War wuz-an' _ain't_ no more.
He works on our place fer us,- / An' comes here-_sometimes_ he does. / He shocks corn an' shucks it. -An' / He makes hominy "by han'! "-