Courtship

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Title:     Courtship
Author: Thomas W. Talley [More Titles by Talley]

(A proposal of marriage with its acceptance)

    Kind Miss:  I'se on de stage o' action,
                Pleadin' hard fer satisfaction,
                Pleadin' 'fore de time-thief late;
                Darfore, Ma'm, now, [35]"cravenate."
                If I brung to you a gyarment;
                To be cut widout scissors,
                An' to be sewed widout thread;
                How (I ax you) would you make it,
                Widout de needle sewin'
                An' widout de cloth spread?
    Kind Suh:   I'd make dat gyarment
                Wid love from my heart,
                Wid tears on yō' head;
                We never would part.

FOOTNOTE
[35] Cravenate = consider.

[The end]
Thomas W. Talley's poem: Courtship

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