An' Sis she alluz say they wuz

A' Old Kriss—an' she alluz does.

But ef they is a' Old Kriss, why,

When's Chris'mus, Ma she alluz cry?

This Chris'mus now, we live here in

Where Ma's rent's alluz due ag'in—

An' she "ist slaves"—I heerd her say

She did—ist them words thataway!

An' th'other night, when all's so cold