“Take my baby, my little doggie.”
“O yes, Miss Grace, my fair lady.”
Tek de baby an’ put it to bed. An’ step in de hot water, pitch into de milk cover wid de white sheet. Take him out of de cover an’ wrap her up, an’ she look up eyes fix up. De gentleman say, “What do you, me dear?” An’ say, “My sister shove me down in de ball. Him call to me fe go an’ pick peas an’ shove me in deh.” When de gentleman fin’ out wife dead, take Miss Wheel, build a lime-kiln an’ ship into a barrel an’ pitch down de hill-side roll it in de fire.
Jack man dory!
Dat’s de end of de story.
[1] An overseer on an estate. [↑]
[2] An estate devoted to cattle-raising. [↑]