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POMP'S CASE ARGUED.
Pomp stole dem breeches, an' 'lowed 'twon't sin,
'Cause he stole de breeches to be baptized in;
But I doubts dat, brudders; le's argify de case,
Fur we can't hab de young lams a-fallin' frum grace.
'Cause he stole de breeches to be baptized in;
But I doubts dat, brudders; le's argify de case,
Fur we can't hab de young lams a-fallin' frum grace.
Ef er brudder is hongry, an' er chickin on de roos'
Sets a-temptin' ub de saints, why 'twon't no use
Fur de callin' ub er council; de case am plain,
De chickin wuz de sinner an' dezerbs all de blam'.
Sets a-temptin' ub de saints, why 'twon't no use
Fur de callin' ub er council; de case am plain,
De chickin wuz de sinner an' dezerbs all de blam'.
But breeches is dif'funt, an' stealin's mighty 'rong,
'Cause, yo' see, he moughter borro'd, sense his mem'ry ain' long;
An' furgittin' to return 'um, nobody could er say
Dat he stole dem breeches,—'tiz clear ez de day.
'Cause, yo' see, he moughter borro'd, sense his mem'ry ain' long;
An' furgittin' to return 'um, nobody could er say
Dat he stole dem breeches,—'tiz clear ez de day.
True, his moughter bin busted, an' de seat to'ed out—
Fur 'tiz kinder strainin', dis leadin' ub de shout;
But, den, he could er patched 'um, an' wid coat tails long
Hab cut a lubly figger 'dout doin' enny 'rong.
Fur 'tiz kinder strainin', dis leadin' ub de shout;
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Hab cut a lubly figger 'dout doin' enny 'rong.
Maybe prid' wuz de kashun—dar de debbil tempts to sin,—
An' his bed-tick breeches won't good 'nuf fur him;
But I moves fur to 'sclude him, 'cause he nebber had to ought,
Ef he stole dem breeches, go an' git hisef caught.
An' his bed-tick breeches won't good 'nuf fur him;
But I moves fur to 'sclude him, 'cause he nebber had to ought,
Ef he stole dem breeches, go an' git hisef caught.
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