Plantation echoes

by Elliott Blaine Henderson

In de harbor cum er splashin’.

SISTAH RUFFLE.

No use tawkin,’ sistah Ruffle

Am a gittin’ out de kinks;

Gittin’ up to date in fashun,

She out-dresses sistah Jinks;

Got a bran new dress o’ satin,

Wid a hot stuff ruffl’d skirt;