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Howdy Honey Howdy

Read 'Howdy Honey Howdy' by 'Paul Laurence Dunbar' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Howdy Honey Howdy by Paul Laurence Dunbar

 DO' a-stan'in' on a jar, fiah a-shinin'
thoo,
Ol' folks drowsin' 'roun' de place, 
wide awake is Lou,
W'en I tap, she answah, an' I see
huh 'mence to grin,
"Howdy, honey, howdy, won't you 
step right in?"

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