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,