MAYNARD: What can I do for you, Old Black Joe?
JOE: Massa, my mind ain't as clear like it used ter be, but der's one thing I ain't never forgotten, and dat is your birthday university, so I'd feel powerful flattered if you would accept these few flowers what I picked myself. (Hands MAYNARD small bouquet.)
MAYNARD: Of all the many gifts I will receive to-day, Old Black Joe, there is none that I will treasure more highly than these flowers.
JOE: Ah, thank you, Massa, thank you.
(OLD BLACK JOE exits to melody of "Old Black Joe.")
GOLDIE: I never could understand, Mr. Maynard, why you always make such a fuss about that nigger, Old Black Joe.
MAYNARD: Old Black Joe may have a black skin, but he's got a white heart and I'll cherish and protect him as long as I have a roof over my head.
GOLDIE: One would think that he had done you some great favor, Mr.
Maynard.
MAYNARD: He more than did me a favor. He once saved my life.
CHORUS OF GIRLS: Tell us about it.