I told her that her sister Nan

That lived in yanders holler

Had sent for her to come down there

And stay one half an hour

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As we was a-walkin' through the fields

She squeezed my hand with fear, sir

Said, "Mama, she has come this way

And she catch us here, sir!

"If you will climb up yanders tree

And see if she is near, sir

Then we'll go to that pretty grove

And court and sport an hour."