Lub O’ Mine

DARLIN’, though you lub me still,
I feel it so,
To t’ink dat we neber will
Meet soon, you know;

Eben when you tell me say^[1]
Dat your dear heart^[2]
Did grow ‘tronger ebery day
An’ hate fe part.

Feelin’ all you’ lub for me,
I t’ink^[3] you press
Your heart, as it use’ to be,^[4]
Upon me breas’.

Lubin’ you wid all me soul,
De lub is such
Dat it beat out blood,^[5] — de whole,^[6]
An’ dat is much.

Lubin’ you as you go ‘long
In a you walk;^[7]
Also when you chune^[8] a song,
An’ as you talk.

An’ a so I hate fe see^[9]
You go astray
In those t’ings dat you and me
Can cast away.^[10]

Lub, I dyin’^[11] fe you’ smile,
An’ some sweet news
Dat can cheer me heart awhile
Fe wha’ it lose.

Lub me, darlin’ — lub, aldough
You are now gone:
You can never leave me so —
Friendless-alone.