Two liddle Niggers sick in bed, One jumped up an' bumped his head. W'en de Doctah come he simpully said: "Jes feed dat boy on shorten' bread." T'other liddle Nigger sick in bed, W'...
Dere wus a liddle grasshopper Dat wus always on de jump; An' caze he never look ahead, He wus always gittin' a bump. Huddlety, dumpty, dumpty, dump! Mind out, or you will git a bum...
Naught's a naught, Five's a figger. All fer de white man, None fer de Nigger. Ten's a ten, But it's mighty funny; When you cain't count good, You hain't got no money.
The chivalry of the Old South rather demanded that all friends should be invited to partake of the meal, if they chanced to come calling about the time of the meal hour. This ideal...
W'en I wus a liddle boy, Jes thirteen inches high, I useter climb de table legs, An' steal off cake an' pie. Altho' I wus a liddle boy, An' tho' I wusn't high, My mammy took dat ke...
You'se heared a many a gal laugh, An' say: "He! He-he! He-he-he!" But you hain't heared no boy laugh, An' say: "She! She-she! She-she-she!"
Yes: I loves dat gal wid a blue dress on, Dat de white folks calls Suze Ann. She's jes' dat gal what stole my heart, 'Way down in Alabam'. But: She loves a Nigger about nineteen, W...
If you wants to git to Glory Land, I'll tell you what to do: Jes grease y[=o]' heels wid mutton sue, W'en de Devil's atter you. Jes grease y[=o]' heel an' grease y[=o]' han', An' s...
SLAVE MARRIAGE CEREMONY SUPPLEMENT Dark an' stormy may come de wedder; I jines dis he-male an' dis she-male togedder. Let none, but Him dat makes de thunder, Put dis he-male an' di...
My father had a big Tom cat, That tried to play a fiddle. He struck it here, and he struck it there, And he struck it in the middle.
Cotton fields white in de bright moonlight, Now kiss y[=o]' gal' an' say "Good-night." If she don't kiss you, jes go on 'way; Hain't no need a-stayin' ontel nex' day.
"Our Fadder, Which are in Heaben!"-- White man owe me leben and pay me seben. "D'y Kingdom come! D'y Will be done!"-- An' if I hadn't tuck dat, I wouldn' git none.
Bought me a wife an' de wife please me, I feeds my wife un'er yon'er tree. My wife go: "Row-row!" My guinea go: "Potrack! Potrack!" My chicken go: "Gymsack! Gymsack!" My duck go: "...
It's a c[=o]l', frosty mornin', An' de Niggers goes to wo'k; Wid deir axes on deir shoulders, An' widout a bit o' [11]shu't. Dey's got ole husky ashcake, Widout a bit o' fat; An' d...
Simon tuck his hook an' pole, An' fished on Sunday we's been told. Fish dem water death bells ring, Talk from out'n de water, sing-- "Bait y[=o]' hook, Simon! Drap y[=o]' line, Sim...
1. A yehn me doddoc Near Waldo Tee-do. Yehn me doddoc o-o seoh-o-o. Omah nahn mejai Near Waldo Tee-do. Omah nahn mejai Near Waldo Tee-do. Translation Near Waldo Tee-do gave me a su...
Kind Miss: If I sent you a letter, By de crickets, Through de thickets, How'd you answer better? Kind Suh: I'd sen' you a letter, By de mole, Not to be t[=o]l'; Fer dat's m[=o]' se...
(He) Is you a flyin' lark or a settin' dove? (She) I'se a flyin' lark, my honey Love. (He) Is you a bird o' one fedder, or a bird o' two? (She) I'se a bird o' one fedder, w'en it c...
My fust liddle wife wus short an' fat. Her face wus as black as my ole hat, Her nose all flat, an' her eyes sunk in, An' dat lip hang down below her chin. Now wusn't I sorrowful in...
Hush boys! Hush boys! Don't make a noise, While ole Mosser's sleepin'. We'll run down de Graveyard, an' take out de bones, An' have a liddle Banjer pickin'. I takes my Banjer on a...
A nigger come a-struttin' up to me las' night; In his han' wus a walkin' cane, He tipped his hat an' give a low bow; "Howdy-doo! Miss Lize Jane!" But I didn' ax him how he done, Wh...
W'en I wus a "Roustabout," wild an' young, I co'ted my gal wid a mighty slick tongue. I t[=o]l' her some oncommon lies dere an' den. I t[=o]l' her dat we'd marry, but I didn' say w...
I'se de bigges' rascal fer my age. I now speaks from dis public stage. I'se stole a cow; I'se stole a calf, An' dat hain't more 'an jes 'bout half. Yes, Mosser!--Lover of my soul!-...
Ole Tom Wilson, he had 'im a hoss; His legs so long he couldn' git 'em 'cross. He laid up dar lak a bag o' meal, An' he spur him in de flank wid his toenail heel. Ole Tom Wilson, h...
Dat ole sow said to de barrer: "I'll tell you w'at let's do: Let's go an' git dat broad-axe And die in de pig-pen too." "Die in de pig-pen fightin'! Yes, die, die in de wah! Die in...
We'll stick to de hoe, till de sun go down. We'll rise w'en de rooster crow, An' go to de fiel' whar de sun shine hot, To de fiel' whar de sugar cane grow. Yes, Chilluns, we'll all...
[25](Chicken's Call) "Chickamee, chickamee, cranie-crow." I went to de well to wash my toe. W'en I come back, my chicken wus gone. W'at time, ole Witch? (Hawk Sponse) "One" (Hawk C...
Oh blin' man! Oh blin' man! You cain't never see. Just tu'n 'round three times You cain't ketch me. Oh tu'n Eas'! Oh tu'n Wes'! Ketch us if you can. Did you thought dat you'd cotch...
If you wants to make an ole Nigger feel good, Let me tell you w'at to do: Jes take off a chicken from dat chicken roost, An' take 'im along wid you. Take a liddle dough to roll 'im...
Hol' my fiddle an' hol' my bow, Whilst I knocks ole Cotton Eyed Joe. I'd a been dead some seben years ago, If I hadn' a danced dat Cotton Eyed Joe. Oh, it makes dem ladies love me...