De ole hen sot on tucky aigs, An' she hatch out goslin's three. Two wus tuckies wid slender legs, An' one wus a bumblebee. All dem hens say to one nudder: "Mighty queer chickens! S...
Two liddle Nigger boys as black as tar, Tryin' to go to Heaben on a railroad chyar. Off fall Nigger boys on a cross-tie! Dey's gwineter git to Heaben shore bye-an'-bye. WASHING MAM...
She writ me a letter As long as my eye. An' she say in dat letter: "My Honey!--Good-by!"
One time I went a-huntin', I heared dat 'possum sneeze. I hollered back to Susan Ann: "Put on a pot o' peas." Dat good ole 'lasses candy, What makes de eyeballs shine, Wid 'possum...
If you wants to see dat Preachah laugh, Jes change up a dollar, an' give 'im a half. If you wants to make dat Preachah sing, Kill dat tucky an' give him a wing. If you wants to see...
My liddle red hen, wid a liddle white foot, Done built her nes' in a huckleberry root. She lay m[=o]' aigs dan a flock on a fahm. Anudder liddle drink wouldn' do us no harm. My lid...
Stick-a-ma-stew, he went to town. Stick-a-ma-stew, he tore 'is gown. All dem folks what live in town Cain't mend dat randsome, handsome gown.
Plant: One fer de blackbird Two fer de crow, Three fer de jaybird An' f[=o]' fer to grow. Den: When you goes to wuk, Don't never stand still; When you pull de grass, Pull it out'n...
My mammy done tol' me a long time ago To always try fer to be a good boy; To lay on my pallet an' to waller on de fl[=o]'; An' to never leave my daddy's house. I hain't never gwine...
Is you keerful; w'en you goes down de street, To see dat y[=o]' cloze looks nice an' neat? Does you watch y[=o]' liddle step 'long de way, An' think 'bout dem words dat you say?
Whisky nor brandy hain't no friend to my kind. Dey killed my p[=o]' daddy, an' dey troubled my mind. Sometime he drunk whisky, sometime he drunk ale; Sometime he kotch de rawhide,...
Look down dat lonesome road! Look down! De way are dark an' c[=o]l'. Dey makes me weep, dey makes me mourn; All 'cause my love are s[=o]l'. O don't you see dat turkle dove, What mo...
'Way down yon'er "in de Alerbamer way," De Niggers goes to wo'k at de peep o' de day. De bed's too short, an' de high posts rear; De Niggers needs a ladder fer to climb up dere. De...
I once did think dat I would sink, But you know I wus dat ole gray mink. Dat ole gray mink jes couldn' die, W'en he thought about good chicken pie. He swum dat creek above de mill,...
Oh rain! Oh rain! Oh rain, "good" Mosser! Rain, Mosser, rain! Rain hard! Rain flour an' lard an' a big hog head Down in my back yard. An' w'en you comes down to my cabin, Come down...
My pretty liddle Pink, I once did think, Dat we-uns sh[=o]' would marry; But I'se done give up, Hain't got no hope, I hain't got no time to tarry. I'll drink coffee dat flows, From...
Once dere's an ole 'oman dat lived in de Wes'. She had two gals of de very bes'. One wus older dan de t'other, T'other's older dan her mother, An' dey're all deir own gran'mother....
Conjo Celestine! Oh He was going to Panama. Reavay Trinidad! Celestine Revay, la Grenada! What d'you think bring Celestine back? What d'you think bring Celestine back? What d'you t...
My dear Brudders an' Sisters, As I comes here to-day, I hain't gwineter take no scripture verse Fer what I'se gwineter say. My words I'se gwineter cut off short An' I 'spects to us...
"Did yer feed my cow?" "Yes, Mam!" "Will yer tell me how?" "Yes, Mam!" "Oh, w'at did yer give 'er?" "Cawn an' hay." "Oh, w'at did yer give 'er?" "Cawn an' hay." "Did yer milk 'er g...
My mammy says dat I'se too young To go to Church an' pray; But she don't know how bad I is W'en she's been gone away. My mammy says I'se six years old, My daddy says I'se seben. Da...
Who's been here since I'se been gone? A pretty liddle gal wid a blue dress on. Who'll stay here when I goes 'way? A pretty liddle gal, all dressed in gray. Who'll wait on Mistess d...
Bill Dillix say to dat woodpecker bird: "W'at makes y[=o]' topknot red?" Says he: "I'se picked in de red-hot sun, Till it's done burnt my head."
Rabbit! Rabbit! You'se got a mighty habit, A-runnin' through de grass, Eatin' up my cabbages; But I'll git you shore at las'. Rabbit! Rabbit! Ole rabbit in de bottoms, A-playin' in...
Sheep's in de meader a-mowin' o' de hay. De honey's in de bee-gum, so dey all say. My head's up an' I'se boun' to go. Who'll take sugar in de coffee-o? I'se de prettiest liddle gal...
Me an' its mammy is both gwine to town, To git dis Pickaninny a liddle hat an' gown. Don't you never let him waller on de fl[=o]'! He's a liddle Pickaninny, Born in ole Virginy. Ma...
Jes looky, looky yonder; w'at I see! Two liddle Niggers in a Mulberry tree. One cain't read, an' de t'other cain't write. But dey bofe can smoke deir daddy's pipe. "One ma two! One...
Dat box-legged rooster, an' dat bow-legged hen Make a mighty pretty couple, not to be no kin. Dey's jes lak some Niggers wearin' white folks ole britches, Dey thinks dey's lookin'...
Go kill dat snake an' hang him high, Den tu'n his belly to de sky. De storm an' rain'll come bye an' bye.
I went down to de hen house on my knees, An' I thought I heared dat chicken sneeze. You'd oughter seed dis Nigger a-gittin' 'way frum dere, But 'twusn't nothin' but a rooster sayin...