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Lyrics of Love and Laughter

Folks is go'gin' me wid goodies, an' dey's treatin' me wid caih,
An' I's fat in spite of all dat I kin do.
I's mistrus'ful of de kin'ness dat's erroun' me
evahwhaih,
Fu' it's jes' too good, an' frequent, to be true.

Snow's a-fallin' on de medders, all erroun' me now is white,
But I's still kep' on a-roostin' on de fence;
Isham comes an' feels my breas'bone, an' he hefted me las' night,
An' he's gone erroun' a-grinnin' evah sence.
'T ain't de snow dat meks me shivah; 't ain't de col' dat meks me shake;
'T ain't de wintah-time itse'f dat's 'fectin' me;
But I t'ink de time is comin', an' I'd bettah mek a break,
Fu' to set wid Mistah Possum in his tree.

W'en you hyeah de da'kies singin', an' de quahtahs all is gay,
'T ain't de time fu' birds lak me to be 'erroun';

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