Run, Miss Lucy, run;

Reckon you 'll be cotched an' kissed

To' de night is done.

NODDIN' BY DE FIRE

Some folks t'inks hit's right an' p'opah,

Soon ez bedtime come erroun',

Fu' to scramble to de kiver,

Lak dey 'd hyeahed de trumpet soun'.

But dese people dey all misses

Whut I mos'ly does desiah;