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Lyrics of Love and Laughter

Ef you ax me fu' to prove it, I ken do it mighty fine, 
Fu' dey ain't no bettah 'zample den dis ve'y wife o' mine.

In de ve'y hea't o' midnight, w'en I's sleepin' good an' soun',
I kin hyeah a so't o' rustlin' an' somebody movin' 'roun'.
An' I say, "Lize, whut you doin'?" But she frown an' shek huh haid,
"Heish yo' mouf, I's only tu'nin of de chillun in de bed.

'Don' you know a chile gits restless, layin' all de night one way?
An' you' got to kind o' 'range him sev'al time befo' de day?
So de little necks won't worry, an' de little backs won't break;
Don' you t'ink case chillun's chillun dey hain't got no pain an' ache."

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