The humourous adventures of Jump Jim Crow/Jim Crow's description of Hamlet

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JIM CROW'S DESCRIPTION OF HAMLET

I sabe up all de pennies,
And wid a sixpence toder day,
I went to Surry Teatre,
To see de Hamlet play;
Dey put me in de gallery,
In a corner by myself,
I look'd like a monkey dere,
Grinning on a shelf.
Veel about, &c.

Dey pull'd up de curtin,
And de first ting I see,
Out came Massa Hamlet
Wid his 'Be, or not to be'.
Den Hamlet grab him uncle,
And choke him by de troat, bit
And shake him like de debil,
De last button off him coat.
Veel about, &c