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1608
“HOW DID YOU REST, LAST NIGHT?”
“How did you rest, last night?”—
I've heard my gran'pap say
Them words a thousand times—that's right—
Jes' them words thataway!
As punctchul-like as morning dast
To ever heave in sight
Gran'pap 'ud allus haf to ast—
“How did you rest, last night?”
I've heard my gran'pap say
Them words a thousand times—that's right—
Jes' them words thataway!
As punctchul-like as morning dast
To ever heave in sight
Gran'pap 'ud allus haf to ast—
“How did you rest, last night?”
Us young-uns used to grin,
At breakfast, on the sly,
And mock the wobble of his chin
And eyebrows helt so high
And kind: “How did you rest, last night?”
We'd mumble and let on
Our voices trimbled, and our sight
Wuz dim, and hearin' gone.
At breakfast, on the sly,
And mock the wobble of his chin
And eyebrows helt so high
And kind: “How did you rest, last night?”
We'd mumble and let on
Our voices trimbled, and our sight
Wuz dim, and hearin' gone.
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Bad as I ust to be,
All I'm a-wantin' is
As puore and ca'm a sleep fer me
And sweet a sleep as his!
And so I pray, on Jedgment Day
To wake, and with its light
See his face dawn, and hear him say—
“How did you rest, last night?”
All I'm a-wantin' is
As puore and ca'm a sleep fer me
And sweet a sleep as his!
1609
To wake, and with its light
See his face dawn, and hear him say—
“How did you rest, last night?”
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