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Oh, de music o' de banjo,
 Quick an' deb'lish, solemn, slow,
Is de greates' joy an' solace
 Dat a weary slave kin know!
So jes' let me hyeah it ringin',
 Dough de chune be po' an' rough,
It 's a pleasure; an' de pleasures
 O' dis life is few enough.

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