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Dey came a walkin' up de plank
 A kinder lookin' roun'
Like dey was strangers in de place
 An' didn't know de town.

Dey was a right smart lookin' crowd,
 I didn't mind 'em all,
But one had gold upon his coat,
 An' one was mighty tall.

But pretty soon dey comes along
 Right near to where I sat,
An' one ob dem steps up to me
 A liftin' ob his hat;

"Hallo, Uncle Tom," the gemmun said,
 "How would you like to see
The President ob dis great land
 The man who made you free?"

"See Massa Linkum! sah," I said,
 "My eyes a growin' dim,
Ob all de men de Lord has made
 I'd rudder look at him."

"Well,—dar he is,"—de gemmun said,
 I saw de man he meant—
De tallest one upon de right,
 He was de President.

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