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DE SHOPPA DE HATTA
One day while us k~dsa,
We sat at the table
Eating bean from de can
Wid de red and white label , My little o]rl momma
She sed to rry noppa
And us twenty-four br·atta
I go to de shoppa
To buy me de hatta.
My fatta old pappa
He makes wid de grin
And sed to old mamma
"Dey vont let you in"
Mina twenty-three b~er 1 Dey give wid de croak
And sed to old mamma
"Dis is de big joke".
Poppa sed to my momma
Your head she gone batta Since we was a hitched
You ain't worn no hatta
Old nonma she shook
Wid a sharp reply
Den you a come wid me
And see what I buy¥~
Myne poppa he shooka
His frowsy old head
But she gave him a ~ ck
And to shoppa he sped
Dey bring on de hat
Old poppa amazed
De old boy he sit there
In kinda a daze
My silly old mamma
She look and she stare
And soona she picka
O.f' hattP_ ·(1o1o pairg
She said to old poppa
You like it NO???????
G0od poppa he seda
I lika them all~ Lets gol1 So momma she buya
De whole beeg shop
When people dey seea
He beeg sign, they STO~!!!!~ De signa she saya
"De hatta de Shop".
BP~TDA GILBERT 1 XA.