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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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