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Plantation echoes

IS YO’ LONESUM, HONEY?

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Ez de twilight fall, An’ de koo-koo call, An’ yo’ doan’ hyeah ’tall Dis hyeah coon’s foot fall, Is yo’ lonesum, Honey? Ez de moon creep high, In de starlit sky, An’ yo’ sot an’ sigh, Kaze I doan’ cum nigh, Is yo’ lonesum, Honey? Ez de night creep on, Till de sun brings dawn, Ez yo’ wake an’ yawn In de cool ob de morn, Still, yo’ lonesum, honey?

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