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Sugar Loaf Tea




From: PLAY RHYME SECTION

Bring through y[=o]' [27]Sugar-l[=o]'-tea, bring through y[=o]'
[27]Candy,
All I want is to wheel, an' tu'n, an' bow to my Love so handy.

You tu'n here on Sugar-l[=o]'-tea, I'll tu'n there on Candy.
All I want is to wheel, an' tu'n, an' bow to my Love so handy.

Some gits drunk on Sugar-l[=o]'-tea, some gits drunk on Candy,
But all I wants is to wheel, an' tu'n, an' bow to my Love so handy.

[27] Nicknames applied in imagination to the women engaged in playing in
the Play Song.





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