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Family Management

Me shuckin' corn.
Mama in da kitchen.
Sister Bear out in da barn
with dat photo-grab-her.
Some things Mama 'low,
some things Mama don't 'low.
Pa long gone.
Big Joe sharpenin' dat ax.
Always a-sharpenin', never
a-choppin', says Mama.
Ain't for choppin', says Big Joe,
's for cleavyin'.
Dat's right, says I, Go Big Joe Go.
Big Joe, says Mama, you git
yoursel' to da field.
Big Joe look buggy-eyed,
but he go.
Mama she pick up dat ax hersel'
and she go out to da barn.
Den she come back to da kitchen
and she cookin' up a storm.
I's back to shuckin'
'fore she fetch me one.
Some things Mama 'low,
some things Mama don't 'low.
No sense splittin' hairs 'bout it,
like Pa.