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LOVE'S DREAM.

I'ze thinkin' ob yo' honey,
In a kin' o sort-o-dream,
Better dan a dream ob money,
Sweeter dan de roses seem.
Seems de air aroun' me, Nancy,
As ah sits an tinks ob you
Makes me kin' o hab a fancy
Dat dis dream am comin' true.
When ah tole yo' dat ah lubed yo',
Dat ma life wuz all fir de,
When beneaf yo chin ah rubbed yo',
Wid my han' so tanderley,
Ah did mean it lille honey,
Ah did mean it ebery word,
'Kos my breaf grew gone so funny,
Sumfin which ah nubber heard.
An ah knowed dat cular feelin'
Ment de worl an all to me,
For ah knew dat lub wuz stealin'
All ma mine away from me.