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W'en de colo'ed ba' comes ma'chin' 
down de street
You kin hyeah de ladies all erroun'
repeat:
"Ain't dey handsome? Ain't dey gran'?
Ain't dey splendid? Goodness, lan'!
W'y dey's pu'fect f'om dey fo'heads to
dey feet!"
An' sich steppin' to de music down de line, 
'T ain't de music by itself dat meks it 
fine, 
Hit's de walkin', step by step,
An' de keepin' time wid "Hep,"
Dat it mek a common ditty soun' devine.
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