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A HOWDY SONG
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Prelude
Ef I could coax dat babyFer ter git upon my knee
I'd up an' sing my howdy song,
I'd sing it loud an' free:
I'm gittin' ol' an' po'ly,
But I ain't fergit de song,
Kaze I use ter shake de rafters
When de nights wuz gittin' long:
He'd do a sight er laughin'
An' den he'd kinder smile,
But 'fo' you counted twenty,
He'd be sleepin' by de mile!
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Ter one little boy I know'd,
An' I seem ter see him comin'
When I look 'way down de road!
I'd take 'im an' I'd rock 'im
Twel his eyeleds settled down,
An' he'd soon be gwine off yander
On de stage ter Sleepy Town!
An' de dreams would be a-blowin'
Thoo his little curly head,
An' he'd try ter pull at de kivver
Des like he gone ter bed!
The Song
It's howdy, honey, when you laugh,
An' howdy, when you cry,
An' all day long its howdy—
I never shill say good-bye!
An' howdy, when you cry,
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I never shill say good-bye!
I'm monst'us peart myse'f, suh,
An' hopin' de same fer you,
An' when I ketch my breff, suh,
I'll ax you howdy-do!
An' hopin' de same fer you,
An' when I ketch my breff, suh,
I'll ax you howdy-do!
It's howdy, honey, when you sleep,
It's howdy, when you cry;
Keep up, keep up de howdyin'
Don't never say good-bye!
It's howdy, when you cry;
Keep up, keep up de howdyin'
Don't never say good-bye!
I'm middlin' well myse'f, suh,
Which de same I hope fer you;
Ef you'll le' me ketch my breff, suh,
I'll ax you howdy-do!
Which de same I hope fer you;
Ef you'll le' me ketch my breff, suh,
I'll ax you howdy-do!
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