Madam And The Phone Bill

 You say I O.
K.
ed
LONG DISTANCE?
O.
K.
ed it when?
My goodness, Central
That was then!

I'm mad and disgusted
With that Negro now.

I don't pay no REVERSED
CHARGES nohow.


You say, I will pay it--
Else you'll take out my phone?
You better let
My phone alone.


I didn't ask him
To telephone me.

Roscoe knows darn well
LONG DISTANCE
Ain't free.


If I ever catch him,
Lawd, have pity!
Calling me up
From Kansas City.


Just to say he loves me!
I knowed that was so.

Why didn't he tell me some'n
I don't know?

For instance, what can
Them other girls do
That Alberta K.
 Johnson
Can't do--and more, too?

What's that, Central?
You say you don't care
Nothing about my
Private affair?

Well, even less about your
PHONE BILL, does I care!

Un-humm-m! .
 .
 .
 Yes!
You say I gave my O.
K.
?
Well, that O.
K.
 you may keep--

But I sure ain't gonna pay!

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