You know our little Nigger friends—you saw them once before;
We brought them down to Rockaway then, and left them on the shore.
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When school is o'er the boys play games, the girls they watch the fun;
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When school is o'er the boys playgames, the girls they watch the fun ; But all at once a window breaks—Oh, what will now be done ?
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The holidays have come at last, and though it pours with rain,
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