A PROFUSE ENCOMIUM.

A PROFUSE ENCOMIUM.

Lookin’ nice to-night, Miss Liza,Yo’s out dressed ’em all to-night.Wid dat ah so frusterkaytunYo’ so dazzlin’ in de light!Please doan’ ’strew mah wurds fo flattahSpoken incandessenly,But! wid mutuallistic frankness’Cep ’em fabbrykayshenly.“Thank you, Mistah Johnsin’,Do yo’ think I look so fine?’Deed sah, Mistah Johnsin’,Yo’ so asterroshus kine.Woan’ yo’ sot beside meAn’ conversykate er while,Please doan’ hab no skooplesKaze Ize togged up in dis style.”“Yo’s suppassed yo’se’f, Miss Liza,Quiv-vah-kay-shah-ently gran’,An’ yo’ grace dis runkshus ’kayshunLak one fum de glory lan’.Ef yo’ hab no interjeckshunsKaze sech ’joicin’ frollerkayshunGibbs fellerisher-tish-shus glee.”“’Skyoose me, Mistah Johnsin’,I doan’ kyah to mingel late,I wood raddah be specktay-shusSotin’ hyeah wid Mistah Gate.Not dat I doan’ d’ sah yo’ tenshunAn’ doan’ preeshee-ate yo’ ’’ques’,I prefer tran-quil-ler-kayshunSotin’ lookin’ at de res’.”“’Cep’ mah ’pology, Miss Liza,Fo’ mah troo-ser-tay-shus ’ques’.I jes ax’d yo’ fo’ politeness,Tho’t yo’d lak to jine de res’.”“’Tain’t er bit o’ trooshun,Mistah Johnsin’, not at tall!I may grant yo’ axin’When we ’ten’ sum uddah ball.”

Lookin’ nice to-night, Miss Liza,Yo’s out dressed ’em all to-night.Wid dat ah so frusterkaytunYo’ so dazzlin’ in de light!Please doan’ ’strew mah wurds fo flattahSpoken incandessenly,But! wid mutuallistic frankness’Cep ’em fabbrykayshenly.“Thank you, Mistah Johnsin’,Do yo’ think I look so fine?’Deed sah, Mistah Johnsin’,Yo’ so asterroshus kine.Woan’ yo’ sot beside meAn’ conversykate er while,Please doan’ hab no skooplesKaze Ize togged up in dis style.”“Yo’s suppassed yo’se’f, Miss Liza,Quiv-vah-kay-shah-ently gran’,An’ yo’ grace dis runkshus ’kayshunLak one fum de glory lan’.Ef yo’ hab no interjeckshunsKaze sech ’joicin’ frollerkayshunGibbs fellerisher-tish-shus glee.”“’Skyoose me, Mistah Johnsin’,I doan’ kyah to mingel late,I wood raddah be specktay-shusSotin’ hyeah wid Mistah Gate.Not dat I doan’ d’ sah yo’ tenshunAn’ doan’ preeshee-ate yo’ ’’ques’,I prefer tran-quil-ler-kayshunSotin’ lookin’ at de res’.”“’Cep’ mah ’pology, Miss Liza,Fo’ mah troo-ser-tay-shus ’ques’.I jes ax’d yo’ fo’ politeness,Tho’t yo’d lak to jine de res’.”“’Tain’t er bit o’ trooshun,Mistah Johnsin’, not at tall!I may grant yo’ axin’When we ’ten’ sum uddah ball.”

Lookin’ nice to-night, Miss Liza,Yo’s out dressed ’em all to-night.Wid dat ah so frusterkaytunYo’ so dazzlin’ in de light!Please doan’ ’strew mah wurds fo flattahSpoken incandessenly,But! wid mutuallistic frankness’Cep ’em fabbrykayshenly.

Lookin’ nice to-night, Miss Liza,

Yo’s out dressed ’em all to-night.

Wid dat ah so frusterkaytun

Yo’ so dazzlin’ in de light!

Please doan’ ’strew mah wurds fo flattah

Spoken incandessenly,

But! wid mutuallistic frankness

’Cep ’em fabbrykayshenly.

“Thank you, Mistah Johnsin’,Do yo’ think I look so fine?’Deed sah, Mistah Johnsin’,Yo’ so asterroshus kine.Woan’ yo’ sot beside meAn’ conversykate er while,Please doan’ hab no skooplesKaze Ize togged up in dis style.”

“Thank you, Mistah Johnsin’,

Do yo’ think I look so fine?

’Deed sah, Mistah Johnsin’,

Yo’ so asterroshus kine.

Woan’ yo’ sot beside me

An’ conversykate er while,

Please doan’ hab no skooples

Kaze Ize togged up in dis style.”

“Yo’s suppassed yo’se’f, Miss Liza,Quiv-vah-kay-shah-ently gran’,An’ yo’ grace dis runkshus ’kayshunLak one fum de glory lan’.Ef yo’ hab no interjeckshunsKaze sech ’joicin’ frollerkayshunGibbs fellerisher-tish-shus glee.”

“Yo’s suppassed yo’se’f, Miss Liza,

Quiv-vah-kay-shah-ently gran’,

An’ yo’ grace dis runkshus ’kayshun

Lak one fum de glory lan’.

Ef yo’ hab no interjeckshuns

Kaze sech ’joicin’ frollerkayshun

Gibbs fellerisher-tish-shus glee.”

“’Skyoose me, Mistah Johnsin’,I doan’ kyah to mingel late,I wood raddah be specktay-shusSotin’ hyeah wid Mistah Gate.Not dat I doan’ d’ sah yo’ tenshunAn’ doan’ preeshee-ate yo’ ’’ques’,I prefer tran-quil-ler-kayshunSotin’ lookin’ at de res’.”

“’Skyoose me, Mistah Johnsin’,

I doan’ kyah to mingel late,

I wood raddah be specktay-shus

Sotin’ hyeah wid Mistah Gate.

Not dat I doan’ d’ sah yo’ tenshun

An’ doan’ preeshee-ate yo’ ’’ques’,

I prefer tran-quil-ler-kayshun

Sotin’ lookin’ at de res’.”

“’Cep’ mah ’pology, Miss Liza,Fo’ mah troo-ser-tay-shus ’ques’.I jes ax’d yo’ fo’ politeness,Tho’t yo’d lak to jine de res’.”“’Tain’t er bit o’ trooshun,Mistah Johnsin’, not at tall!I may grant yo’ axin’When we ’ten’ sum uddah ball.”

“’Cep’ mah ’pology, Miss Liza,

Fo’ mah troo-ser-tay-shus ’ques’.

I jes ax’d yo’ fo’ politeness,

Tho’t yo’d lak to jine de res’.”

“’Tain’t er bit o’ trooshun,

Mistah Johnsin’, not at tall!

I may grant yo’ axin’

When we ’ten’ sum uddah ball.”


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