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SLAVE MARRIAGE CEREMONY SUPPLEMENT, by                    
First Line: Dark an' stormy may come de wedder
Last Line: She's now yo' own. Salute yo' bride
Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs;marriage;slavery; Negro Spirituals;weddings;husbands;wives;serfs


Dark an' stormy may come de wedder;
I jines dis he-male an' dis she-male togedder.
Let none, but Him dat makes de thunder,
Put dis he-male an' dis she-male asunder.
I darfore 'nounce you bofe de same.
Be good, go 'long, an' keep up yo' name.
De broomstick's jumped, de worl's not wide.
She's now yo' own. Salute yo' bride!







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