{"id":74,"date":"2021-06-15T10:27:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T14:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=74"},"modified":"2022-02-03T08:49:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:49:10","slug":"nellie-white","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/nellie-white\/","title":{"raw":"Nellie White","rendered":"Nellie White"},"content":{"raw":"SWEETHEART, I have loved you well,\r\nMore than dis lee tongue can tell,\r\nAn' you need not hab no fear,\r\nFor I'll marry you, my dear.\r\n\r\nWhat are you talkin' about?\r\nDon't say that I'll play you out;[footnote]False[\/footnote]\r\nSwif' ole Time, me Nell, will prove\r\nDat 'tis you alone I love.\r\n\r\nCry not, except 'tis for joy;\r\nCan't you trus' dis big-heart boy?\r\nNell, I hate fe see you weep;\r\nTek my heart, an' go to sleep.\r\n\r\nHow could I deceive you, Nell?\r\nDon't I love you much too well?\r\nCould I fool dat plump black cheek?\r\nDon't cry, darlin' \u2014 look up \u2014 speak I\r\n\r\nNellie of the pretty feet\r\nAn' the palm-like shape so neat,\r\nI have eyes to see but you;\r\nDarling, trust me to be true!\r\n\r\nNell, me dear, you need not fret,\r\nFor you are my food, my breat' ;\r\nTrust me, trust me, Nellie White,\r\nKiss me, lee sweetheart \u2014 good-night!","rendered":"
SWEETHEART, I have loved you well, \nMore than dis lee tongue can tell, \nAn’ you need not hab no fear, \nFor I’ll marry you, my dear.<\/p>\n