Dat I axshly ebbah seed,

Was de one at Lonesum Valley

At de church ub Pawsun Weed.

All de ol’ fo’ks an’ de chillun

Dress purraded out dat night,

To de graid big Chrismus ’tainmun’

Fo’ to git dey Chrismus mite.

When dey’s geddahd in dat chapel,

Bruddah.—? Dey was thick ez hops,

When de chillun seed de candy,