Dat Mean Nigger.
A negro servant girl on one occasion asked permission of her mistress to stay out later than usual, as she wanted to attend a friend's wedding. Next day her mistress asked how the ceremony had gone off. “Oh, very well, ma’am,” was the reply. “We ate cake, and had wine to drink, and danced all the evening.” "And how did the bride look?” asked the mistress. “Oh, she looked scrumptious,” replied the girl. “She was dressed plain, nothing gay, jest plain yellow wiv a few green bows and some pink roses, that’s all—just plain.” “And how did the bridegroom look ?" was the next question. "Well, do you know, ma’am,” replied the girl, “dat mean nigger just never I limed up at all.”
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 15, 11 April 1908, Page 35
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125Dat Mean Nigger. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 15, 11 April 1908, Page 35
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