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James Weldon Johnson - Ma Lady`s Lips Am Like De Honey
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(Negro Love Song) 
 
Breeze a-sighin` and a-blowin`,
Southern summer night.
Stars a-gleamin` and a-glowin`,
Moon jes shinin` right.

Strollin`, like all lovers do,
Down de lane wid Lindy Lou;
Honey on her lips to waste;
`Speck I`m gwine to steal a taste.

Oh, ma lady`s lips am like de honey,
Ma lady`s lips am like de rose;
An` I`m jes like de little bee a-buzzin`
`Round de flower wha` de nectah grows.

Ma lady`s lips dey smile so temptin`,
Ma lady`s teeth so white dey shine,
Oh, ma lady`s lips so tantalizin`,
Ma lady`s lips so close to mine.

Bird a-whistlin` and a-swayin`
In de live-oak tree;
Seems to me he keeps a-sayin`,
"Kiss dat gal fo` me."

Look heah, Mister Mockin` Bird,
Gwine to take you at yo` word;
If I meets ma Waterloo,
Gwine to blame it all on you. 

Oh, ma lady`s lips am like de honey,
Ma lady`s lips am like de rose;
An` I`m jes like de little bee a-buzzin`
`Round de flower wha` de nectah grows.

Ma lady`s lips dey smile so temptin`,
Ma lady`s teeth so white dey shine,
Oh, ma lady`s lips so tantalizin`,
Ma lady`s lips so close to mine.

Honey in de rose, I spose, is
Put der fo` de bee;
Honey on her lips, I knows, is
Put der jes fo` me.

Seen a sparkle in her eye,
Heard her heave a little sigh;
Felt her kinder squeeze ma han`,
`Nuff to make me understan`.
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