noon
`` De meetin ' done stahted a houah back -- ` less us gits dah in fifteen minnits de do 's closed . '' `` Trombone , us has plenty ob time . Ah ` sorbs mah nutriment in five minnits -- ` at leaves ten fo ' de trip . Ai n't et me nothin ' all day , ` ceptin ' breakfus ' an ' some san ` wiches at noon time . Sho ' been busy loadin ' de ol' _ Empire _ fo ' N'Awl ` uns . Dey made me de gang boss -- I ` se got mo ' niggers dan ol' cunnel had in de Fust Service Battalion . Sho ' is busy .