The child of your slave is your chattel fore'er;
Though you the child's father may happen to be,
That child is a slave,—otherwise, prop-er-ty.
VII.
"I've bred you, my darling, as ladies are bred,
You've got more outside than inside of your head;
But now, that your pa can no longer afford
A daughter to keep, you must go by the board."
Chorus.—Concerning the manner of going by the board generally adopted in the land of Chivalry:
The planter on finding his funds getting low,