Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1902 — Black Mammy. [ARTICLE]

Black Mammy.

If Father tells me no, I cari’t. And says he means it, too, So run and find my blocks and things, Or something nice to do, Why, then I tease, and tease and tease, Till, he gets awful mad And says do anything I please But whine and be so bad. When Mother tells me Neddy dear Can’t have that, darling pet, Can have new books and too-too cars If only I won’t fret, Of course I cry, and cry, and cry, Until she’s scared I’m sick, And then she tells me yes, I can, And gives it to me quick. But if Black Mammy says I can’t, Why, then’s the time I know ’Twon’t help a bit to kick or scream Or pout or puff or blow; ’Cause Mammy laughs, and laughs, and laughs, Until she gets me cross, And says, “You Albert Edward Smith, You ain’t nobody’s boss.” —Woman’s Home Companion.