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Paul Laurence Dunbar - After a Visit
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I BE`N down in ole Kentucky
   Fur a week er two, an` say,
`T wuz ez hard ez breakin` oxen
   Fur to tear myse`f away.
Allus argerin` `bout fren`ship
   An` yer hospitality—
Y` ain`t no right to talk about it
   Tell you be`n down there to see.

See jest how they give you welcome
   To the best that `s in the land,
Feel the sort o` grip they give you
   When they take you by the hand.
Hear `em say, "We `re glad to have you,
   Better stay a week er two;"
An` the way they treat you makes you
   Feel that ev`ry word is true.

Feed you tell you hear the buttons
   Crackin` on yore Sunday vest;
Haul you roun` to see the wonders
   Tell you have to cry for rest.
Drink yer health an` pet an` praise you
   Tell you git to feel ez great
Ez the Sheriff o` the county
   Er the Gov`ner o` the State.

Wife, she sez I must be crazy
   `Cause I go on so, an` Nelse
He `lows, "Goodness gracious! daddy,
   Cain`t you talk about nuthin` else?"
Well, pleg-gone it, I `m jes` tickled,
   Bein` tickled ain`t no sin;
I be`n down in ole Kentucky,
   An` I want o` go ag`in
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