Little lady at de do',

W'y you stan' dey knockin'?

Nevah seen you ac' befo'

In er way so shockin'.

Don' you know de sin it is

Fu' to git my temper riz

Wen I 's got de rheumatiz

An' my jints is lockin'?

No, ol' Miss ain't sont you down,

Don' you tell no story;