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Dah's Brudder Sims! Dast slam yo' Bible shet / An' lef' dat man alone -- kase he's de boss / Ob all de preachahs ev' I come across! / Day's no twis' in dat gospil book, I bet, / Ut Brudder Sims cain't splanify, an' set / You' min' at eaze! W'at's Moses an' de Laws? / W'at's fo'ty days an' nights ut Noey toss / Aroun' de Dil-ooge? -- W'at dem Chillen et / De Lo'd rain down? W'at s'prise ole Joney so / In dat whale's inna'ds? -- W'at dat laddah mean / Ut Jacop see? -- an' wha' dat laddah go? -- / Who clim dat laddah? -- Wha' dat laddah lean? -- / An' wha' dat laddah now? "Dast chalk yo' toe / Wid Faith," sez Brudder Sims, "an' den you know! "