A Christmas Memory

Pa he bringed me here to stay 'Til my Ma she's well.--An' nen He's go' hitch up, Chris'mus-day, An' come take me back again Wher' my Ma's at! Won't I be Tickled when he comes fer me!

My Ma an' my A'nty they 'Uz each-uvver's sisters. Pa-- A'nty telled me, th' other day,-- He comed here an' married Ma.... A'nty said nen, "Go run play, I must work now!" ... An' I saw, When she turn' her face away, She 'uz cryin'.--An' nen I 'Tend-like I "run play"--an' cry.

This-here house o' A'nty's wher' They 'uz borned--my Ma an' her!-- An' her Ma 'uz my Ma's Ma, An' her Pa 'uz my Ma's Pa--

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