Is jes' whut dat pu'pose is.

Now, accordin' to my reas'nin',

Hyeah's de p'int whaih I 's arriv,

Sence de Lawd put life into us,

We was put hyeah fu' to live!

MY SORT O' MAN

I don't believe in 'ristercrats

An' never did, you see;

The plain ol' homelike sorter folks

Is good enough fur me.