N-My Gal is a High Born Lady
C-Barney Fagan
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L-    Thar' is  gwine to be a fes-ti-val this   eve-      nin'           and a   ga-the- rin' of  co- lor  migh-ty  rare
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L-     Thar'll be no- ted in-  di-vid- u- als of pro-mi-nent dis-tinc-tive-ness to per-me-ate the co-lored at-mos-phere;
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L-      Sun-ny   Af-ri-ca's  Four Hun-dred's gwine to be  thar          To do    ho- nor to my love-ly  fi-an-   cee,
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L-      Thar will be a   grand  o-va-tion of es- pe-cial os-ten-ta-tion when the  par-son gives the dus-ky bride a-  way!
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L-               My     gal               is a   high   born     la-  dy         She's black  but  not   too    sha-   dy
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L-     Fea-thered like a pea-    cock,   just    as     gay,   She       is      not     co- lored she was born that     way,
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L-      I'm      proud           of      my    black     Ve- nus,        No       coon           can     come    be-     tween us
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L-    'Long          the line    they    can't   out-   shine   this     high     born    gal    of       mine.