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Antebellum Marriage Proposal

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Title:     Antebellum Marriage Proposal
Author: Thomas W. Talley [More Titles by Talley]


(A proposal of marriage with the answer deferred)

(He) De ocean, it's wide; de sea, it's deep.
Yes, in yō' arms I begs to sleep,
Not fer one time, not fer three;
But long as we-uns can agree.

(She) Please gimme time, Suh, to "reponder;"
Please gimme time to "gargalize;"
Den 'haps I'll tu'n to "cattlegog,"
An' answer up 'greeable fer a s'prise.









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Thomas W. Talley's poem: Antebellum Marriage Proposal

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