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The Cat and the Captain
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to him. She was baking little cakes for tea and making up a song.
"This yere black cat is a hard cat to beat,(hummed Susannah) Yas-sir, yas-sir, jiggamoree"
The cakes smelled delicious. She put them on the table and began to stir the frosting in a yellow bowl.
"He's the fightingest cat what lives on our street, Yas-sir, yas-sir, jiggamoree"
The Cat mewed for milk, but Susannah went on stirring and singing:
"But a one-eyed cat down Alabamy way, Yas-sir, yas-sir, jiggamoree,Could make him look like a li'l' wisp oh hay Yas-sir, yas-sir, jiggamoree!"
