BUSINESS DIPLOMACY.

BUSINESS DIPLOMACY.
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Ees fat Dootch barber gotta shop
Tree door from deesa bootblack stan’,
An’ when he see da trade I gat
He try for bust me eef he can,
An’ so be geeve outside hees shop
A chalr for neegger bootblack man.

You theenk dat I am feela bad
For see heem gat som’ trade I had?
Ah! no, my frand,
I mak’ pretand
To smile an’ seeng, I am so glad.

Firs’ theeng you know ees Smeeth Meester
Dat use’ for gat hees shine from me,
He stop for shine from neegger man,
I mak’ pretand I do not see,
But neegger man he mak’ da face
An’ ees so glad as he can be.

You theenk dat I am feela bad
For see heem gat dees trade I had?
Ah! no, my frand, I mak’ pretand To smile and seeng, I am so glad.

Nex’ day w’en comesa Meester Smeeth,
I say, “Good-morna” justa same,
So jus’ baycause I am polite
Eet mak’sa Meester Smeeth ashame’.
So he com’ back; so evra wan
Ees com back where dey always came!

Da neegar man ees gatta mad,
An’ growl an’ swear: he feel so bad,
But, oh, my frand I mak’ pretand
I do not see, but I am glad.
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