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I Didn't Like Him

Perhaps you may a-noticed I been soht o' solemn lately,

Haven't been a-lookin' quite so pleasant.

Mabbe I have been a little bit too proud and stately;

Dat's because I'se lonesome jes' at present.

I an' him agreed to quit a week or so ago,

Fo' now dat I am in de social swim

I'se 'rived to de opinion dat he ain't my style o' beau,

So I tole him dat my watch was fas' fo' him.

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Oh, I didn't like his clo'es,

An' I didn't like his eyes,

Nor his walk, nor his talk,

Nor his ready-made neckties.

I didn't like his name a bit,

Jes' 'spise the name o' Jim;

If dem ere reasons ain't enough,

I didn't like Him.

Dimon' ring he give to me, an' said it was a fine stone.

Guess it's only alum mixed wif camphor.

Took it roun' to Eisenstein; he said it was a rhinestone,

Kind, he said, he didn't give a dam fur.

Sealskin sack he give to me it got me in a row.

P'liceman called an' asked to see dat sack;

Said another lady lost it. Course I don't know how;

But I had to go to jail or give it back.

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Oh, I didn't like his trade;

Trade dat kep' him out all night.

He'd de look ob a crook,

An' he owned a bull's-eye light.

So when policemen come to ask

What I know 'bout dat Jim,

I come to de confusion dat

I didn't like Him.