SNOOKS'S DINAH

TEUN-"Martha, the Milkman's Dowler."

BILL SNOOK'S married a darkey wife,
Aw divvent knaw where he fund her,
But ower the sea she's cum wi' him,
An' filled us a' wi wunder,
Such eyes an' cheeks, such nose an' mooth,
Aw nivvor clapt me eyes on,
But fancy's ivrything they say,
For all it's se surprisin.

Korus.

Frae the heed te the fut,
She's as black as any sur,
Thor may be fair an' finer,
But for a Blackeymoor, aw's sure
Thor's nyen like Snooks's Dinah!

She's a Nigger,-ne half-bred Quadroon,
Thor's ne disputin her breed.
Ne Mullatto or ne Octoroon
Can show a heed like hor heed,
It's a curley, wooley, toosey pow,
Ne turmit aw've seen bigger,
Frae the shoolders te the waist square-built,
She's a heavy-wite black Nigger!

Bill says when they got married he
Wes heavy on the spree then,
The job wes deun-he cuddent help't,
So what wes he te de then?
He got te bed-but oh, next morn,
He thowt the imp 0' evil
Had been his pairtner i the neet,
His bed-mate wes the deevil!

"Oh marcy, divvent tyek us yit!
Aw's not prepared te leave here,"
Bill cried, an' wrung his hands i' grief.
Says she, "Ye needn't grieve here,
For awls yor lawful wedded wife,
Yor choice ov luv an' passhun!
"Me wife!" cries Bill, "yor Bellsebub!
Lord help us, yor a cawshun !"

But efter that, he got used wid,
An' Dinah liked her gud-man,
They really got te 'gree forst-rate,
As married cupples shud, man,
An' when Bill cums hyem frae the pit,
She likes te see him black, as
She thinks he's then mair like her-sel,
Till he says, "Cum wesh me back, lass l"

But lately Dinah's been confined,
Wi' such a little geezer,
A little fellow,-black an' tan,
Drest up i' white te please her,
Billlafft te see them byeth i' bed,
Luckt at one an' then the tuther,
An' wundorin whe on orth it's like,
He kiss'd it for its muther!

-Source: Joe Wilson, (author) Songs and Drolleries, 1890