LUCY BELLE

But w’at is pas’ is gwine ter be pas’—!

SAM (repeating)

W’at is pas’ is gwine ter be pas’. An’ I’se gwine on wukkin’ fo’ yo’—an’ tryin’ ter make yo’ happy—

LUCY BELLE (with a sob)

I knows yo’ is, ole Sam-boy, baby!

SAM

Yo’s all I got in de worl’.

LUCY BELLE

Yo’s all I got!