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Lyrics of Love and Laughter

WHEN DEY 'LISTED COLORED SOLDIERS.

DEY was talkin' in de cabin, dey was talkin' 
in de hall;
But I listened kin' o' keerless, not a-t'inkin'
'bout it all;
An' on Sunday, too, I noticed, dey was whisp'rin' mighty much,
Stan'in' all erroun' de roadside w'en dey let us 
out o' chu'ch.
But I did n't t'ink erbout it 'twell de middle of 
de week,
An' my 'Lias come to see me, an' somehow he
could n't speak.
Den I seed all in a minute whut he'd come to 
see me for;-
Dey had 'listed colo'ed sojers, an' my 'Lias 
gwine to wah.

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