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First Line: When I rolled three 7's
Last Line: I was scared to walk out / with the dough
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston
Subject(s): African Americans; Negroes; American Blacks


When I rolled three 7's
in a row
I was scared to walk out
with the dough.





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