I’ll tell ye what he say.
He say dat Massa Linkum,
Way yonder Norf, ye see,—
Him write it in de Yankee book,
‘De nigger gwine for free.’
And now, ye see, I tell ye
What Massa Linkum done:
De seeesh can’t get way from dat
No more’n dey dodge a gun.
It’s jes’ as sure as preachin’,