Side Board

A slice of strawberry shortcake Upon the side board lay And there are those butterbeans Twenty of them I say And one-half of a brown biscuit Upon my little plate A juice glass, ice cube, and tea One butterbean I take There upon the side board it lay A small slice of pound cake And twenty butterbeans 'pon my plate Cake my sweet mother makes Eat your butterbeans _now here One she places in my mouth I wanted strawberries and cream Butterbeans could do without Finally last of the butterbeans Mom gets all the sliced cake Oh! The first bite a dream so sweet Ummm!! Strawberry cake Finis' I can remember as a child that I would sit right across from the place where mother cut up the dessert and placed it on little plates for us..It was a cabinet that they called the side board..I don't know why.. I would sit looking at the dessert and want dessert and have to eat vegetables and bread first..