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G'WAY an' quit dat noise, Miss Lucy - 
Put dat music book away; 
What's de use to keep on tryin'?
Ef you practise twell you're gray, 
You cain't sta't no notes a-flyin'
Lak de ones dat rants and rings
F'om de kitchen to de big woods
When Malindy sings. 

You ain't got de nachel o'gans 
Fu' to make de soun' come right,
You ain't got de tu'ns an' twistin's
Fu' to make it sweet an' light. 
Tell you one thing now, Miss Lucy,
An' I'm tellin' you fu' true,
When hit comes to raal right singin',
'T ain't no easy thing to do.

Easy 'nough fu' folks to hollah, 
Lookin' at de lines an' dots, 
When dey ain't no one kin sence it,
An' de chune comes in, in spots;
But fu' real melojous music, 
Dat jes' strikes yo' hea't and clings, 
Jes' you stan' an' listen wif me
When Malindy sings.

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