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lit on dein blue coats ant every time dey lit dey stuck in Łpizen sting. De Yankee‘s forgot all ~bout de meat an‘ things dey done stole; dey took off down de road on ~run, passin‘ de bees~~ht after dem in m€~‘ long line . Dey‘ d zoom ant zip ‚ ant zoom an‘ zip, an‘ every time dey‘d zip ~‘Yankee wou1~ yell.

	When dey‘d gone Mis‘ Mary Jane untied Marse Frank~~en dey took all de silver, meat~ an‘ things~.de Yankees left behin‘ an‘ buried it so if dey come back dey coulcin‘ fin‘ it.7TDen dey. called ma an‘
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	. t Ida Lee ‚ if Y~l(i hadn~ t~2~ed over ~em bee gums 4€~t Yankees

would have toted off near ~ bout everythin ‚ fiiie we got . We want to give y~iUčomethin‘ y~ican keep so‘ youth always remember dis day, an‘ how yi1~.run de Yankees ~‘

	~	Den . i‘ Mary Jane took &‘ plain go i~ ring off her finger an.‘.. put ~ it on mine ~ An ‚ ď been wearin‘ it ever ~ since .~ ~