Antebellum Marriage Proposal

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Title:     Antebellum Marriage Proposal
Author: Thomas W. Talley [More Titles by Talley]

(A proposal of marriage with the answer deferred)
    (He)  De ocean, it's wide; de sea, it's deep.
          Yes, in yō' arms I begs to sleep,
          Not fer one time, not fer three;
          But long as we-uns can agree.
    (She) Please gimme time, Suh, to "reponder;"
          Please gimme time to "gargalize;"
          Den 'haps I'll tu'n to "cattlegog,"
          An' answer up 'greeable fer a s'prise.

[The end]
Thomas W. Talley's poem: Antebellum Marriage Proposal

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