Howdy, Honey, Howdy

Paul Laurence Dunbar

DO' a-stan'in' on a jar, fiah a-shinin'
      thoo,
Ol' folks drowsin' 'roun' de place, 
     wide awake is Lou,
W'en I tap, she answah, an' I see
     huh 'mence to grin,
"Howdy, honey, howdy, won't you 
     step right in?"


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