But the girls round here think yo' 're a trifle too much taken up with rice and niggers.

And looking at it even in yo'r light, co'nnle, it ain't BUSINESS.

Yo' want to keep straight with Major Reed, so it would be just as well to square the major's woman folks.
Tavy and Gussie Reed ain't exactly poisonous, co'nnle, and yo' might see one or the other home from church next Sunday.

The Sunday after that, just to show yo' ain't particular, and that yo' go in for being a regular beau, yo' might walk home with ME.

Don't be frightened--I've got a better gown than this.