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to him. She was baking little cakes for tea and making up a song.

"This yere black cat is a hard cat to beat,
(hummed Susannah)
 Yas-sir, yas-sir, jiggamoree——"

The cakes smelled delicious. She put them on the table and began to stir the frosting in a yellow bowl.

"He's the fightingest cat what lives on our street,
 Yas-sir, yas-sir, jiggamoree——"

The Cat mewed for milk, but Susannah went on stirring and singing:

"But a one-eyed cat down Alabamy way, :Yas-sir, yas-sir, jiggamoree,
Could make him look like a li'l' wisp oh hay——
 Yas-sir, yas-sir, jiggamoree!"