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George Washington Cable.
“Posson Jone.”

"To Jules St.-Ange—elegant little heathen—there yet remained at manhood a remembrance of having been to school, and of having been taught" by a stony-headed

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Belles calas,
Madame, mo gaignin calas,
Madame, mo gaignin calas,
Madame, mo gaignin calas;
Mo guaranti vous ye bons
Beeelles calas ... Beeelles calas.

Madame, mo gaignin calas,
Madame, mo gaignin calas,
Si vous pas gaignin 1'argent,
Goutez c'est la mem' chose,
Madame, mo gaignin calas tou, tou cho

Beeles calas . .. Beeelles calas,
Tou cho, tou cho, tou cho.
Madame, mo gaignin calas,
Madame, mo gaignin calas,
Tou cho, tou cho, tou cho.

Beautiful rice fritters,
Madame, I have rice fritters,
Madame, I have rice fritters,
Madame, I have rice fritters,
I guarantee you they are good
Fine rice fritters ... Fine rice fritters.

Madame, I have rice fritters,
Madame, I have rice fritters,
If you have no money,
Taste, it's all the same,
Madame, I have rice fritters, quite, quite hot.

Fiiiine rice fritters ... Fiiiine rice fritters,
All hot, all hot, quite hot.
Madame, I have rice fritters,
Madame, I have rice fritters,
Quite hot, quite hot, quite hot.


Source

Cable, George Washington. "Posson Jone'" and P�re Rapha�l: With a New Word Setting Forth How and Why the Two Tales Are One. Illus. Stanley M. Arthurs. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Google Books. Web. 27 Feb. 2012. <http://books. google.com/books?id=bzhLAAAAIAAJ>.

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