The Hundred-Leaved Rose
Big Mis' Hunnerd-Leaf,
kine ob quiet huh way;
Pink en sweet en des de same,
day after day;
She mek all de rose-water'n
when de petals fall,
Ketch'em in a jar,
en dey's sweetness fo' all.
Climbin' up de Big House,
f'om de sullar to de roof,—
She 'mindsmeobOle Mis' . . . .
Ain' dat de trufe!
kine ob quiet huh way;
Pink en sweet en des de same,
day after day;
She mek all de rose-water'n
when de petals fall,
Ketch'em in a jar,
en dey's sweetness fo' all.
Climbin' up de Big House,
f'om de sullar to de roof,—
She 'mindsmeobOle Mis' . . . .
Ain' dat de trufe!
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