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BOB by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP

First Line: BOB HAD A NIGGER WOMAN
Last Line: FOR SEVEN MORE SHE CRIED! ...
Subject(s): LOVE - CULTURAL DIFFERENCES; MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS; MARRIAGE; MURDER; MALE-FEMALE RELATIONS; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;

BOB had a nigger woman
That kicked and bit like a horse
More jungle-wild than human ...
She knifed him in due course ...

Bob had a nigger woman:
She knifed him till he died ...
For six whole days she wouldn't eat ...
For seven more she cried! ...



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