W'EN de colo'ed ban' comes ma'chin' down de street,
Don't you people stan' daih starin'; lif' yo' feet!
Ain't dey playin'? Hip, hooray!
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But de hea't goes into bus'ness fu' to he'p erlong de eah - and what an ear Dunbar had! Beautiful.