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Lyrics of Love and Laughter

'T ain't de time to open Bibles an' to lock yo' cellah do',
'T ain't de time to talk o' bein' good to men;
Ef you want to preach a sermon ez you nevah preached brfo',
Preach dat sermon wid a shoat er wid er hen; 
Bein' good is heap sight bettah den a-dallyin' wid sin,
An' dey ain't nobody roun' dat knows it mo',
But I t'ink dat 'ligion 's sweeter w'en it kind o' mixes in 
Wid a little Chrismus basket at de do'. 

THE VALSE.

When to sweet music my lady is dancing 
My heart to mild frenzy her beauty inspires. 
Into my face are her brown eye a-glancing, 
And swift my whole frame thrills with tremulous fires.

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