by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906)
Treat me nice See original
Language: English
Treat me nice, Miss Mandy Jane,
Treat me nice.
Though my love has tu'ned my brain,
Treat me nice.
I ain't done a thing to shame,
Lovahs all ac's jes' de same;
Don't you know we ain't to blame?
Treat me nice!
'Co'se I know I 's talkin' wild;
Treat me nice;
I cain't talk no bettah, child,
Treat me nice;
Whut a pusson gwine to do,
Wen he come a-cou'tin' you
All a-trimblin' thoo and thoo?
Please be nice.
Reckon I mus' go de paf
Othahs do:
Lovahs lingah, ladies laff;
Mebbe you
Do' mean all the things you say,
An' pu'haps some latah day
W'en I baigs you ha'd, you may
Treat me nice!
Composition:
- Set to music by John Alden Carpenter (1876 - 1951), "Treat me nice", 1905? [ medium voice and piano ], from Three Songs for a Medium Voice, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), "A plea", appears in Lyrics of Love and Laughter, first published 1903
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