Negro Baker Man

Patty cake! Patty cake! Nigger Baker man. Missus an' Mosser gwineter ketch 'im if dey can. Put de liddle Nigger in Mosser's dish pan, An' scrub 'im off good fer de ole San' Man.

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We Are All The Go

Yes! We's "All-de-go," boys; we's "All-de-go." Me an' my Lulu gal's "All-de-go." I jes' loves my sweet pretty liddle Lulu Ann, But de way she gits my money I cain't hardly understa...

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Bullfrog Put On The Soldier Clothes

Bullfrog put on de soldier clo's. He went down yonder fer to shoot at de crows; Wid a knife an' a fo'k between 'is toes, An' a white hankcher fer to wipe 'is nose. Bullfrog put on...

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My Fiddle

If my ole fiddle wus jes in chune, She'd bring me a dollar ev'y Friday night in June. W'en my ole fiddle is fixed up right, She bring me a dollar in nearly ev'y night. W'en my ole...

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The Snail's Reply

Snail! Snail! Come out'n o' y[=o]' shell, Or I'll beat on y[=o]' back till you rings lak a bell. "I do ve'y well," sayed de snail in de shell, "I'll jes take my chances in here wha...

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Watermelon Preferred

Dat hambone an' chicken are sweet. Dat 'possum meat are sholy fine. But give me,--now don't you cheat!-- (Oh, I jes wish you would give me!) Dat watermillion, smilin' on de vine.

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I Love Somebody

I loves somebody, yes, I do; An' I wants somebody to love me too. Wid my chyart an' oxes stan'in' 'roun', Her pretty liddle foot needn' tetch de groun'. I loves somebody, yes, I do...

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Nobody Looking

Well: I look dis a way, an' I look dat a way, An' I heared a mighty rumblin'. W'en I come to find out, 'twus dad's black sow, A-rootin' an' a-grumblin'. Den: I slipped away down to...

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The Newly Weds

First Mont': "Set down in my cabin, Honey!" Nex' Mont': "Stan' up, my Pie." Third Mont': "You go to wuk, you Wench! You well to wuk as I!"

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Aunt Dinah Drunk

Ole Aunt Dinah, she got drunk. She fell in de fire, an' she kicked up a chunk. Dem embers got in Aunt Dinah's shoe, An' dat black Nigger sh[=o]' got up an' flew. I likes Aunt Dinah...

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Blessing With Company Present

Oh Lawd now bless an' b[=i]n' us, An' put ole Satan 'h[=i]n' us. Oh let y[=o]' Sperit m[=i]n' us. Don't let none hongry f[=i]n' us.

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Cooking Dinner

Go: Bile dem cabbage down. Turn dat hoecake 'round, Cook it done an' brown. Yes: Gwineter have sweet taters too. Hain't had none since las' Fall, Gwineter eat 'em skins an' all.

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The Hated Blackbird And Crow

Dat Blackbird say unto de Crow: "Dat's why de white folks hates us so; For ever since ole Adam wus born, It's been our rule to gedder green corn." Dat Blackbird say unto de Crow: "...

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A Strange Old Woman

Dere wus an ole 'oman, her name wus Nan. She lived an 'oman, an' died a man. De ole 'oman lived to be dried up an' cunnin'; One leg stood still, while de tother kep' runnin'.

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Go To Bed

De wood's in de kitchen. De hoss's in de shed. You liddle Niggers Had better go to bed.

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The Old Section Boss

I once knowed an ole Sexion Boss but he done been laid low. I once knowed an ole Sexion Boss but he done been laid low. He "Caame frum gude ole Ireland some fawhrty year ago." W'en...

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My Little Pig

You see: I had a liddle pig, I fed 'im on slop; He got so fat Dat he almos' pop. An' den: I tuck de liddle pig, An' I rid 'im to school; He e't ginger cake, An' it tu'n 'im a fool....

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I'll Eat When I'm Hungry

I'll eat when I'se hongry, An' I'll drink when I'se dry; An' if de whitefolks don't kill me, I'll live till I die. In my liddle log cabin, Ever since I'se been born; Dere hain't be...

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Here I Stand

Here I stan', raggity an' dirty; If you don't come kiss me, I'll run lak a tucky. Here I stan' on two liddle chips, Pray, come kiss my sweet liddle lips. Here I stan' crooked lak a...

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Miss Terrapin And Miss Toad

As I went marchin' down de road, I met Miss Tearpin an' I met Miss Toad. An' ev'ry time Miss Toad would jump, Miss Tearpin would peep from 'hind de stump. I axed dem ladies fer to...

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Redhead Woodpecker

Redhead woodpecker: "Chip! Chip! Chee!" Promise dat he'll marry me. Whar shall de weddin' supper be? Down in de lot, in a rotten holler tree. What will de weddin' supper be? A lidd...

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Fox And Geese Play

[24](Fox Call) "Fox in de mawnin'!" (Goose Sponse) "Goose in de evenin'!" (Fox Call) "How many geese you got?" (Goose Sponse) "More 'an you're able to ketch!" [24] For explanation...

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Run Nigger Run!

Run, Nigger, run! De [15]Patter-rollers'll ketch you. Run, Nigger, run! It's almos' day. Dat Nigger run'd, dat Nigger flew, Dat Nigger tore his shu't in two. All over dem woods and...

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Sweet Pinks And Roses

Sweet pinks an' roses, strawbeers on de vines, Call in de one you loves, an' kiss 'er if you minds. Here sets a pretty gal, Here sets a pretty boy; Cheeks painted rosy, an' deir ey...

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Taking A Walk

We's a-walkin' in de green grass dust, dust, dust. We's a-walkin' in de green grass dust. If you's jes as sweet as I thinks you to be, I'll take you by y[=o]' liddle hand to walk w...

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Forty-four

If de people'll jes gimme Des a liddle bit o' peace, I'll tell 'em what happen To de Chief o' Perlice. He met a robber Right at de d[=o]'! An' de robber, he shot 'im Wid a forty-f[...

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Down In The Lonesome Garden

Hain't no use to weep, hain't no use to moan; Down in a lonesome gyardin. You cain't git no meat widout pickin' up a bone, Down in a lonesome gyardin. Look at dat gal! How she puts...

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Mud-log Pond

As I stepped down by de Mud-log pon', I seed dat bullfrog wid his shoe-boots on. His eyes wus glass, an' his heels wus brass; An' I give him a dollar fer to let me pass.

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The Negro And The Policeman

"Oh Mistah Policeman, tu'n me loose; Hain't got no money but a good excuse." Oh hello, Sarah Jane! Dat ole Policeman treat me mean, He make me wa'k to Bowlin' Green. Oh hello, Sara...

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Care In Bread-making

W'en you sees dat gal o' mine, Jes tell 'er fer me, if you please, Nex' time she goes to make up bread To roll up 'er dirty sleeves.

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