QUITE A DIFFERENCE.
“What, Massa Bones,” asked Sillj Sambo, after the opening choral had been trolled to an ear-split ting accompaniment of banjos“what am de difference between ai ol’ maid an’ a married woman ?” “What am de difference between an ol’ maid an’ a married woman ?" repeated Massa Bones, in the approved negroid fashion. There was a pause. Then : “1 done give it up," said Masso Bones. “Why," explained Sambo, “de ol’ maid am lookin’ for a husbin’ ebery day, an’ de married woman am lookin’ for ’im ebery night J” There might have been more hearty laughter from the audience. Several white-haired gentlemeE were seen to rise hurriedly and hasten homewards.
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Northland Age, Volume V, Issue 7, 5 October 1908, Page 2
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112QUITE A DIFFERENCE. Northland Age, Volume V, Issue 7, 5 October 1908, Page 2
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