b-a-ked

Updated: May 16, 2025

And she sang in a sort of chanting tone: "H-o-t corn, hot corn. Here's your nice hot corn, s-m-okin' h-o-t. B-a-ked pears, baked pears Get away, chillen, get away, 'les you've got a penny. Stop crowdin'." They had enough to eat at home, but the corn was tempting. One night one boy would treat and break the ear of corn in two and divide. And the baked pears were simply delicious.

Amanda Minnie Douglas - A Little Girl in Old New York