Paul Laurence Dunbar - ReluctancePaul Laurence Dunbar - Reluctance
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Will I have some mo` dat pie?
No, ma`am, thank-ee, dat is--I--
Bettah quit daihin` me.
Dat ah pie look sutny good:
How `d you feel now ef I would?
I don` reckon dat I should;
Bettah quit daihin` me.
Look hyeah, I gwine tell de truf,
Mine is sholy one sweet toof:
Bettah quit daihin` me.
Yass`m, yass`m, dat`s all right,
I `s done tried to be perlite:
But dat pie `s a lakly sight,
Wha `s de use o` daihin` me?
My, yo` lips is full an` red,
Don`t I wish you `d tu`n yo` haid?
Bettah quit daihin` me.
Dat ain`t faih, now, honey chile,
I `s gwine lose my sense erwhile
Ef you des set daih an` smile,
Bettah quit daihin` me.
Nuffin` don` look ha`f so fine
Ez dem teef, deah, w`en dey shine:
Bettah quit daihin` me.
Now look hyeah, I tells you dis;
I `ll give up all othah bliss
Des to have one little kiss,
Bettah quit daihin` me.
Laws, I teks yo` little han`,
Ain`t it tendah? bless de lan`--
Bettah quit daihin` me.
I `s so lonesome by myse`f,
`D ain`t no fun in livin` lef`;
Dis hyeah life`s ez dull ez def:
Bettah quit daihin` me.
Why n`t you tek yo` han` erway?
Yass, I `ll hol` it: but I say
Bettah quit daihin` me.
Holin` han`s is sholy fine.
Seems lak dat `s de weddin` sign.
Wish you `d say dat you `d be mine;--
Dah you been daihin` me.
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