Little Homespun

by Ruth Ogden

“I’se a little Alabama Coon

And I hasn’t been born very long,

I ‘member seein’ a great big roun’ moon

I ’member hearin’ one sweet song;

When dey tote me down to de cotton-field,

Dar I roll and I tumble in de sun,

While my daddy pick de cotton mammy watch

me grow,

And dis am de song she sung:”

Brevet paused for the briefest part of a second to see how Joe was taking it.