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'Possum in de 'tater-patch; / Chicken-hawk a-hangin' / Stiddy 'bove de stable-lot, / An' cyarpet-loom a-bangin'! / Hi! Mr. Hoppergrass, chawin' yo' terbacker, / Flick ye wid er buggy-whirp yer spit er little blacker!
Niggah in de roas'in'-yeers, / Whiskers in de shuckin'; / Weasel croppin' mighty shy, / But ole hen a-cluckin'! / -What's got de matter er de mule-colt now? / Drapt in de turnip-hole, chasin' f'um de cow!