ON THE TRAIL OF NEGRO FOLK-SONGS
by Dorothy Scarborough
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. ON THE TRAIL OF NEGRO FOLK-SONGS.....3
II. THE NEGRO'S PART IN TRANSMITTING THE TRADITIONAL SONGS AND BALLADS......... 33
III. NEGRO BALLADS..................63
IV. DANCE-SONGS, OR "REELS''............96
V. CHILDREN'S GAME-SONGS.............128
VI LULLABIES...................... 144
VII. SONGS ABOUT ANIMALS.............. 161
VIII. WORK-SONGS.................... 206
IX. RAILROAD SONGS.................. 238
X. BLUES........................ 264
AFTERWARD
INDEX........................ 291
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CONTENTS BY CHAPTER- SHOWING SONGS IN ORDER THEY APPEAR
I. ON THE TRAIL OF NEGRO FOLK-SONGS
De ark kep' a-rollin' on, (Paul and Silas)
I WENT UP ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP (Liza Jane)
Go tell Aunt Patsy (Go Tell Aunt Rhody/Nancy)
When I'm dead and buried (Don't Greive After Me)
JULY ANN JOHNSON (Julianne Johnston)
Keep a-inchin' along inchin' along (Inch Along)
I want to be ready I want to be ready, (Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John)
If you get there before I do (Most Done Ling'rin' Here) [should be: MOST DONE LING'RIN' HERE]
I bless the Lawd I'm born to die (Keep Me From Sinking Down/ Born To Die)
Old Grey Horse Came Tearin' (Down in Alabam)
I'm gwine down to Jordan Hallelu (So Glad I Got Religion)
Gwine to lay me on a cooling board one of dese mornings, Hope I'll jine de band (Jine de Band)
AFRICAN COUNTING SONG
All along all along, all along
I went out to worldy wiggy waggy(riddle) (Wiggy Waggy)
MAMAN DONNE MOIN UN PITIT MARI LITTLE HUSBAND)
RUN NIGGER RUN (Patroller Song/Run Jimmy Run) [Switched with- Most Done Ling'rin')
Go fay go fay, INGO-ANGO FAY
CHANT
Old Ark's A-Movin'
Swing Low
I ain't got time to tarry
If I had the gov'ner
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II. THE NEGRO'S PART IN TRANSMITTING THE TRADITIONAL SONGS AND BALLADS......... 33
HANGMAN'S TREE THE, MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS, THE Hangman, hangman, slack the rope,
LADY ISABEL AND THE ELF KNIGHT, There was a tall an' handsome man
FROG WENT A-COURTIN' Froggy went a-courtin he did ride, MISTER FROG
A LITTLE BOY THREW HIS BALL, JEW'S DAUGHTER THE
LITTLE HARRY HUGHES
LORD LOVEL
BABES IN THE WOODS, THREE JOLLY WELSHMEN,
BARBARA ALLEN, In London town whar I was raised - 0159
CHERRY TREE CAROL, Joseph was an old man - 0160
When the day was appointed for Skew-ball to run (Skewball)
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III. NEGRO BALLADS
[My hosses is hongry an' they will not eat hay]
MASSA HAD A YALLER GAL
COTTON-EYED JOE
Fox and the lawyer was different in kind, The
'TWAS ON DE BLUFF
LONESOME ROAD THE, (Look down look down that lonesome road)
Matthew Mark,Luke, and John
I found a little boll weevil
FRANKIE AND ALBERT, Frankie was a good woman
Frankie went to the barkeepers's to get a bottle of beer
FRANKIE
DUNCAN AND BRADY
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR
COON-CAN GAME THE,I sat down to a coon-can game
HOP-JOINT, THE (I WENT TO THE HOP-JOINT)
Funniest thing that ever I seen, Take a-one on me,
TOM CAT
I got up one mornin' jes' 'bout four o'clock
GAMBLER'S BLUES, HOW SAD WAS THE DEATH OF MY SWEETHEART, I went to John Seley's hospital
I saw a youth the other day, LOST YOUTH, THE
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As I come 'long the new-cut road,JUBA - 0198
Page - 0199
I went down to de back of de fiel',JIMMY ROSE,JOHNNY BOOKER - 0200
BROTHER EPHRUM GOT DECOON AND GONE ON - 0201
Page - 0202
CRAWDAD SONG,De jawbone walk,DWELEY - 0203
LULA GAL - 0204
HOLD MY MULE, JIM A-LONG JOSEY - 0205
As I was going up a new-cut road - 0206
'TAINT GWINE RAIN NO MO' - 0207
Page - 0208
Page - 0209
DAR WAS A GAL IN OUR TOWN - 0210
Page - 0211
Page - 0212
BUFFALO GALS - 0213
I rock from Selma ting tang,IN SOME LADY'S GARDEN - 0214
DANCE SONG ,Lead a man di-dee-o - 0215
MY MAMMY STOLED A COW - 0216
MISS MARY JANE, Who moan for me? - 0217
Page - 0218
VOYEZ CE MULET LA - 0219
UN DEUX TROIS - 0220
AURORE PRADERE - 0221
MILATRAISSE COURRI DANS BAL - 0222
11 y a un petit chien chez nous, LE CHIEN - 0223
BILE DEM CABBAGE DOWN, Marster had an old grey rooster - 0224
Wheel about turn about do jes' so, - 0225
Come listen all you gals and boys,JIM CROW - 0226
I wish I was an apple,JUMP JIM CROW,MISS DINAH,Turn about and twist about - 0227
Page - 0228
Page - 0229
Frog in the middle (chant) - 0230
Aransom Shansom through yander,In my lady's chamber - 0231
LIPTO - 0232
Dog in the wood,I ac' monkey motions too-re-loo,MONKEY MOTIONS - 0233
HOP OLD SQUIRREL - 0234
Page - 0235
Page - 0236
Here I stand (chant) - 0237
Chickamy chickamy crany crow,Here we go round the strawberry bush - 0238
CLOSET KEY THE, I done lost de closet key - 0239
DO DO PITY MY CASE - 0240
LITTLE GIRL - 0241
All around the May pole,MAY POLE SONG, THIS LADY SHE WEARS A DARK-GREEN SHAWL - 0242
Page - 0243
Page - 0244
Hush-a-by don't cry, LULLABY - 0245
GO TO SLEEP LITTLE BABY, GO TO SLEEPY LITTLE BABY - 0246
Page - 0247
BAA-BAA BLACK SHEEP, Way down yonder - 0248
Page - 0249
Page - 0250
Page - 0251
My baby loves shorting - 0252
CRADLE SONG, Leddle bit-a Niggeh an' a great big toe,Toolie low toolie low,toolie low - 0253
FAIS DO DO MINETTE, WHO DAT? - 0254
FAIS DO DO COLAS - 0255
CREE-MO-CRI-MO-DORRO-WAH, - 0256
Go to sleep my little brother, Way down south on a cedar creek - 0257
Go to sleep little baby, GREAT BIG DOG - 0258
MAMMY'S LITTLE BOY, Who all de time a-hidin' - 0259
Page - 0260
Page - 0261
As I walked down the new-cut road, CHARLESTON GALS - 0262
Page - 0263
As I was walking 'long the new-cutroad - 0264
Page - 0265
I WENT TO MY SWEETHEART'S HOUSE - 0266
Page - 0267
BOIL DEM CABBAGE DOWN, W'ite folks go to chu'ch, - 0268
Fox he got a bushy tail - 0269
KARO SONG - 0270
Page - 0271
Page - 0272
MISTER RABBIT - 0273
Every little soul must shine - 0274
BRA' RABBIT (OYSCHA') - 0275
GREAT BIG NIGGER SITTIN' ON A LOG, I went down to my pea-patch, Jakey went out a-hunting on one moonshiny night - 0276
As 1 went out by the light of the moon - 0277
Page - 0278
Page - 0279
MONKEY AND THE BABOON,THE - 0280
Monkey married the baboon's sister, Didn't old Noah build him an ark,First he made a sun - 0281
Walk-ee-in walk-ee-in - 0282
Come down to Tennessee - 0283
I had a little pony, I went to the river an' I couldn't getacross, 184 - 0284
I had a old mule - 0285
WHOA MULE! - 0286
Haw Buck,haw Buck haw, LAST YEAR WAS A FINE CRAP YEAR, You got to quite kickin' my dog around - 0287
DAN TUCKER, I looked down the road, JIMMY-MA-RILEY-OH! - 0288
Page - 0289
Mary she did dream a dream - 0290
YOU CALL ME DOG I DON' KER, Jay-bird sittin' on a hickory limb, Jim crack corn - 0291
Git along down town, HAWKIE IS A SCHEMIN' BIRD - 0292
Monkey settin* on de end uf a rail - 0293
Creepin' in de henhouse on mah knees, - 0294
GO TELL AUNT TABBIE - 0295
I had a little rooster and my rooster pleased me - 0296
THERE WAS AN OLD NIGGER,HIS NAME WAS DR PECK - 0297
BULLFROG, Bullfrog jumped in de middle of de spring, Fare ye well my ladies - 0298
Catfish runnin' down de stream - 0299
ZACCHEUS CLIMBED THE SYC-AMO' TREE - 0300
DE BLUE-TAIL FLY, Milk and de veal, There's flies on me, When I was young I used to wait - 0301
BLUE-TAIL FLY DE - 0302
LA PLUIE TOMBE - 0303
Page - 0304
Dere's de fox an' de hare, DEY ALL GOT A MATE BUT ME, - 0305
Page - 0306
GRASSY ISLANDS, I'm gwine away to leave you - 0307
CITY OF REFUGE, (A) little streak o' lean an' a little streak o' fat,WORK-SONG,You better run - 0308
Page - 0309
Wouldn't drive so hard but I needs de Warns - 0310
I'm a thinkin' of you honey - 0311
TOUT PITIT NEGRESSE - 0312
Alabama boun', Where was you Sweet Mama - 0313
I went to de ribber an' my gal went,too, Mister Oaktree yo' day done come!, WOODCHOPPER'S SONG, - 0314
Come Butter, come! - 0315
I'm a minder - 0316
Million dollars, Thought I fell in ten foot o' water - 0317
Help me drive 'er - 0318
Dis is de hamma killed John Henry, Ef I had 'bout fo'ty-five dollahs, HAMMER SONG, JOHN HENRY'S HAMMER SONG, - 0319
Page - 0320
JOHN HENRY'S DEAD - 0321
Page - 0322
Who build de ark? - 0323
Page - 0324
WAY DOWN IN OLE' VIRGINIA, - 0325
Hoo ah hoo! Hoo ah hoo! Hoo ah hoo! - 0326
AIN'T IT HARD TO BE A NIGGER?, Well it makes no difference - 0327
Here sits de woodpecker, Monday mornin' way 'fo' day - 0328
All day I works in de cotton an' de corn, HEAR DEM BELLS!, Workin' on de levee - 0329
I looked at de sun and de sun looked high, Look at the sun - 0330
Boss am comin', Hardest work I ever done, I'se gwine to stan' - 0331
I'M A NACHEL-BAWN REACHER - 0332
De white man say de times is hahd - 0333
Ain't gwine to work no more, DATS ALL RIGHT - 0334
AIN'T NO USE 0' MY WORKIN'SO HARD - 0335
I got a gal her name is Maude, Me V my baby an' my baby's frien' - 0336
Page - 0337
Jay Gooze said befo' he died - 0338
Better git yo' ticket, DON'T YOU GRIEVE AFTER ME Don't you leave me here,Jes' lemme tell you what de 'Gator done - 0339
Got a train in Cairo, MIDNIGHT TRAIN AND THE TO' DAY TRAIN THE - 0340
Well ah looked down de railroad fuh as ah could see - 0341
Thought I heard dat K C whistle blow - 0342
BAD MAN SONG, I dreamt last night I was walkin'around, I got the blues but I haven't got the fare,LITTLE SADIE - 0343
Page - 0344
DE DUMMY LINE, DUMMY LINE DE, LOOK WHERE DE TRAIN DONE GONE - 0345
Page - 0346
DON'T LET YOUR WATCH,RUN DOWN CAP'N ,Great big tie an' little bitty man,Working on the section dollar and a half a day - 0347
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD - 0348
CASEY JONES - 0349
Joseph Mica was a good engineer - 0350
IT'S LOOKIN' FER RAILROAD BILL - 0351
Page - 0352
TRAIN IS A-COMING,THE - 0353
DE GOSPEL TRAIN AM LEABIN', GOSPEL TRAIN AM LEABIN'DE, - 0354
Page - 0355
KEEP YORE HAND UPON THE CHARIOT - 0356
EVERY TIME I FEEL THE SPIR-IT - 0357
We are soldiers in this blessed war - 0358
HE'S COMIN' THIS AWAY, Yonder comes my Lord - 0359
LITTLE BLACK TRAIN THE - 0360
God said to Hezekiah - 0361
FUNERAL TRAIN THE - 0362
Page - 0363
Page - 0364
Dey tell me Joe Turner's come to town, JOE TURNER BLUES - 0365
You'll never miss the water till the well runs dry - 0366
Page - 0367
Did you ever hear the story of,Long John Dean, LONG GONE - 0368
Page - 0369
Page - 0370
Page - 0371
Page - 0372
DON' CHER LOOK AT MECA'-LINE! - 0373
Ah got de blues, Baby I can't sleep and neither can I eat,FOUR O'CLOCK,Late last night - 0374
A burly coon you know, Ef yore gal gets mad an tries to bully you-u-u - 0375
Page - 0376
You keep on a-talkin' till you make-a me think - 0377
BROWN-SKINNED WOMAN, I'll tell you somep'n that bothers my mind - 0378
I WISH I HAD SOMEONE TO CALL MY OWN, JACK 0' DIAMONDS - 0379
Page - 0380
Page - 0381
Page - 0382
Page - 0383
Down in de place whar I come,know, from, YOU SHALL BE FREE (see p 265), - 0384
KEEMO KIMO (see p 157) - 0385
Charley will you come out tonight?, ZACCHEUS - 0386
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INDEX OF SONG AND FIRST LINES
A burly coon you know, 275.
A LITTLE BOY THREW HIS BALL 53
AFRICAN COUNTING SONG, 19.
Ah got de blues, Ah got de blues, 274.
Ain't gwine to work no more, 234.
AIN'T IT HARD TO BE A NIGGER?, 227.
AIN'T NO USE O' MY WORKIN' SO HARD, 235.
Alabama boun' 213, 239.
All along, all along, all along, 19.
All around the May pole, 142.
All day I works in de cotton an' de corn, 229.
Aransom Shansom through yander, 131.
As I come 'long the new-cut road, 98.
As I walked down the new-cut road, 162.
As I was going up a new-cut road, 106.
As I was walking 'long the new-cut road, 164.
As I went out by the light of the moon, 177.
AURORE PRADERE, 121.
BAA-BAA, BLACK SHEEP, 148.
BABES IN THE WOODS, 57.
Baby, I can't sleep, and neither can I eat 274
BAD'MAN SONG, 243.
BARBARA ALLEN, 59.
Better git yo' ticket, 239.
BILE DEM CABBAGE DOWN, 124.
BLUE-TAIL FLY, DE, 202.
BOIL DEM CABBAGE DOWN, 168.
BOLL WEEVIL, THE (last stanza, 'p. 66), 77.
Boss am comin', 231.
BRA' RABBIT (OYSCHA'), 175.
BROTHER EPHRUM GOT DE COON AND GONE ON, 101.
BROWN-SKINNED WOMAN, A, 278.
BUFFALO GALS, 113.
BULLFROG, 198.
Bullfrog jumped in de middle of de spring, 198.
CASEY JONES, 249.
Catfish runnin' down de stream, 199.
CHANT, 27.
CHARLESTON GALS, 162.
Charley, will you come out tonight?, 286.
CHERRY TREE CAROL, 60.
Chickamy, chickamy, crany crow, 138.
CITY OF REFUGE, 208.
CLOSET KEY, THE, 139.
Come Butter, come!, 215, 287.
Come down to Tennessee, 183.
Come listen, all you gals and boys, 126.
COON-CAN GAME, THE, 87.
COTTON-EYED JOE, 69.
CRADLE SONG, 153.
CRAWDAD SONG, 103.
CREE-MO-CRI-MO-DORRO-WAH, 156.
Creepin' in de henhouse on mah knees, 194.
DAN TUCKER, 188.
DANCE SONG, 115.
DAR WAS A GAL IN OUR TOWN, 110.
DATS ALL RIGHT, 234.
De ark kep' arollin' on, 7.
DE BLUE-TAIL FLY, 201.
DE DUMMY LINE, 245.
DE GOSPEL TRAIN AM LEABIN',
254. De jawbone walk, 103. De white man say de times is hahd, 233, Dere's de fox an' de hare, 205. DEY ALL GOT A MATE BUT ME,
205. Dey tell me Joe Turner's come to town,
265. Did you ever hear the story of Long
John Dean, 268. Didn't old Noah build him an ark, 181. Dis is de hamma killed John Henry,
219. DO, DO PITY MY CASE, 140. Dog in the wood, 133, DON' CHER LOOK AT ME, CA'-
LINE!, 273. DON'T LET YOUR WATCH RUN
DOWN, CAP'N, 247. DON'T YOU GRIEVE AFTER ME,
9. Don't you leave me here, 239. Don't you remember, don't you know,
69. Down in de place whar I come from,
284. DUMMY LINE, DE, 245. DUNCAN AND BRADY, 85. DWELEY, 103.
Ef I had 'bout—fo'ty-five dollahs, 219,
Ef yore gal gets mad an tries to bully you-u-u, 275.
Every little soul must shine, 174.
EVERY TIME I FEEL THE SPIRIT, 257.
FAIS DO DO, COLAS, 155.
FAIS DO DO, MINETTE, 154.
Fare ye well, my ladies, 198.
First he made a sun, 181.
FOUR O'CLOCK, 274.
Fox and the lawver was different in
kind, The, 70. Fox he got a bushy tail, 169. FRANKIE, 83.
FRANKIE AND ALBERT, 80, 82, 84. Frankie was a good woman, 80. Frankie went to the barkeepers's, to
get a bottle of beer, 81. Frog in the middle (chant), 130. FROG WENT A-COURTIN', 46. Froggy went a-courtin', he did ride, 48. FUNERAL TRAIN, THE, 262. Funniest thing that ever I seen, 91.
GAMBLER'S BLUES, 94.
Git along down town, 192.
Go fay, go fay, 26.
Go tell Aunt Patsy, 8.
GO TELL AUNT TABBIE, 195-6.
GO TO SLEEP, LITTLE BABY, 146.
Go to sleep, little baby, 157.
Go to sleep, my little brother, 156.
GO TO SLEEPY, LITTLE BABY,
146. God said to Hezekiah, 261. GOSPEL TRAIN AM LEABIN', DE,
254. Got a train in Cairo, 240. GRASSY ISLANDS, 207. GREAT BIG DOG, 157-8. GREAT BIG NIGGER SITTIN' ON
A LOG, 176. Great big tie an' little bitty man, 247. Gwine to lay me on a cooling board
one of dese mornings, 16.
HAMMER SONG, 219.
Hangman, hangman, slack the rope, 41.
HANGMAN, SLACK ON THE
LINE 39 HANGMAN'S TREE, THE, 35, 284. Hardest work I ever done, 231. Haw, Buck, haw, Buck, haw, 187. HAWKIE IS A SCHEMIN' BIRD,
192. HEAR DEM BELLS!, 229. Help me drive 'er, 218. Here I stand (chant), 137. Here sits de woodpecker, 228. Here we go round the strawberry bush,
138.
HE'S COMIN' THIS AWAY, 259.
HOLD MY MULE, 105.
Hoo ah hoo! Hoo ah hoo! Hoo ah
hoo!, 226. HOP-JOINT, THE, 89. HOP, OLD SQUIRREL, 134. Hope I'll jine de band, 16. HOW SAD WAS THE DEATH OF
MY SWEETHEART, 94. Hush-a-by, don't cry, 145.
I ac' monkey motions, too-re-loo, 133.
I ain't got time to tarry, 67.
I am Mary Maggalene, 29.
I bless the Lawd, I'm born to die, 13.
I done lost de closet key, 139.
I dreamt last night I was walkin'
around,243. I found a little boll weevil, 77. I got a gal, her name is Maude, 236. I got the blues, but I haven't got the
fare, 243. I got up one rnornin' jes' 'bout four
o'clock, 93. I had a little pony, 184. I had a little rooster, and my rooster
pleased me, 196. I had a old mule, 185. I looked at de sun and de sun looked
high, 230. I looked down the road, 188. I rock from Selma, ting tang, 114. I sat down to a coon-can game, 87. I saw a youth the other day, 95. I says to Mister Boll Weevil, 77. I want to be ready, I want to be ready,
11. I went down to de back of de fiel', 100. I went down to my pea-patch, 176. I went out to worldv wiggy waggy
(riddle), 20. I went to de ribber an' my gal went,
too, 214. I went to John Seley's hospital, 94. I WENT TO MY SWEETHEART'S
HOUSE, 166. I WENT TO THE HOP-JOINT, 90. I went to the river an' I couldn't get
across, 184. I WENT UP ON THE MOUNTAIN
TOP, 7. I WISH I HAD SOMEONE TO CALL
MY OWN, 279.
I wish I was an apple, 127. If I had the gov'ner, 31.
If you get there before I do, 12, 25, 106. I'll tell you somep'n that bothers my mind, 278.
II y a un petit chien chez nous, 123. I'm a minder, 216.
I'M A NACHEL-BAWN REACHER, 232.
I'm a thinkin' of you, honey, 211. I'm gwine away to leave you, 207. I'm gwine down to Jordan—Hallelu,
15. In London town, whar I was raised, 59. In my lady's chamber, 131. IN SOME LADY'S GARDEN, 114,
131, 139, 140. INGO-ANGO FAY, 26. I'se gwine to stan', 231. IT'S LOOKIN' FER RAILROAD
BILL, 251. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE
RAILROAD, 248.
JACK O' DIAMONDS, 279.
Jakey went out a-hunting on one
moonshiny night, 176. JAWBONE, 103, 104. Jay-bird sittin' on a hickory limb, 191. Jay Gooze said befo' he died, 238. Jes' lemme tell you what de 'Gator
done, 239. JEW'S DAUGHTER, THE, 53-54. JIM A-LONG JOSEY, 105. Jim crack corn, 191, 202. JIM CROW, 126. JIMMY-MA-RILEY-OH!, 188. JIMMY ROSE, 100. JOE TURNER BLUES, 265. JOHN HENRY'S DEAD, 221. JOHN HENRY'S HAMMER SONG,
219 220 JOHNNY* BOOKER, 100. Joseph Mica was a good engineer, 250. Joseph was an old man, 60. JUBA, 98.
JULY ANN JOHNSON, 9. JUMP JIM CROW, 127. (The) jury found me guilty; the judge
he did say, 243.
KARO SONG, 170. KEEMO KIMO (see p. 157), 285. Keep a-inchin' along, inchin' along, 11. KEEP YORE HAND UPON THE CHARIOT, 256.
LADY ISABEL AND THE ELF
KNIGHT, 43. LA PLUIE TOMBE, 203. LAST YEAR WAS A FINE CRAP
YEAR, 187. Late last night, 274, LE CHIEN, 123. Lead a man, di-dee-o, 115. Leddle bit-a Niggeh an' a great big toe,
153. LIPTO 132
LITTLE BLACK TRAIN, THE, 260. LITTLE GIRL, 141. LITTLE HARRY HUGHES, 54.
LITTLE SADIE, 243.
(A) little streak o' lean, an' a little
streak o' fat, 208. LIZA JANE, 7, 169. LONESOME ROAD, THE, 73. LONG GONE, 268. Look at the sun, 230. Look down, look down, that lonesome
road, 73. LOOK WHERE DE TRAIN DONE
GONE, 245. LORD LOVEL, 55. LOST YOUTH, THF, 95. LULLABY, 145. LULA GAL, 104.
MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS, THE, 35. MAMAN DONNE MOIN UN PITIT
MARI (MAMA GAVE ME A
LITTLE HUSBAND), 21-22, 123. MAMMY'S LITTLE BOY, 158. Marster had an old grey rooster, 124. Mary, she did dream a dream, 190. MASSA HAD A YALLER GAL, 67-
68. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, 76. MAY POLE SONG, 142. Me and Dweley standing in the rain,
Dweley, 103. Me V my baby an' my baby's frien',
236. MIDNIGHT TRAIN AND THE
TO' DAY TRAIN, THE, 240. MILATRAISSE COURRI DANS
BAL, 122. Milk and de veal, 201. Million dollars, 217. MISS DINAH, 127. MISS MARY JANE, 117. MISTER FROG, 48. Mister Oaktree, yo' day done come!,
214. MISTER RABBIT, 173, 174. MONA, YOU SHALL BE FREE (see
PO* MONA), Monday mornin' way 'fo' day, 228. MONKEY AND THE BABOON,
THE, 180. Monkey married the baboon's sister,
180. MONKEY MOTIONS, 133. Monkey settin* on de end uf a rail, 193. MOST DONE LING'RIN* HERE,
25. MO-TE-A-PE PROMENE SUR LA
RUE COMMUNE, 124. MR. BOLL WEEVIL, 77. My baby loves short'ing, 152. My hosses is hongry an' they will not
eat hav 64 MY MAMMY STOLED A COW, 116.
MY OLD MISTIS, 223. My ole Marster, 224, 225.
NINE-POUND HAMMER, 220. Ninni, nonno, simungi, 19. NOBLE SKEWBALL, THE, 63. NORAH, 222.
0, I'se from Louisiana, as you all
know, 105. O, Lawd, ain't dev rest fo' de weary
one?, 209. 0 Lulie, 0 Lulie, if you please, 153. Oh, baby—what you gwine do?, 216. OH, BE READY WHEN THE
TRAIN COMES IN, 258. Oh, daddy, find dat golden ball, 38. Oh, dem golden slippers, 172. Oh, dis pickaxe am too heavy, 216. Oh hangerman, hangerman, slack on
your rope, 42. Oh, have you heard de latest, 78. OH, HO, BABY, TAKE A ONE ON
ME, 277. Oh, Louisiana gal, won't you come out
to-night, 112. Oh, Miss Liza, oh, mah darlinM Hoo
ah hoo,! 227. Oh, my gal's de queen o' de cards, 235. Oh somebody come and let me out of
here, 140. Oh the wind is in the west. 157, 160. Oh you better run, 256. OL' A'K'S A-MOVIN', THE, 28. OL' MARS'R HAD A PRETTY
YALLER GAL, 67. OLD BEE MAKE DE HONEYCOMB, 165. OLD DAN TUCKER, 188, 199. OLD GREY MARE, 183. OLD JESSE, 71.
Old King Buzzard floating high, 193. OLE AUNT DINAH, 187. Ole cow died at the mouth of the
branch,107. OLE MISTER RABBIT, 174. Once upon a time, long, long ago, 57. One cold an' frosty mornin', 71. One star in de east, 209. O-O-OH, SISTREN AN' BRED'REN,
189. Over the water, over the lee, 286. OYSCHA' (BRA' RABBIT), 175.
PAINS IN MY FINGERS, 167.
Paul and Silas layin' in jail, 7.
Peckerwood, peckerwood, 193.
Peep, Squirrel, peep, 135.
PICAYUNE BUTLER, PICAYUNE BUTLER, IS SHE COMING TO TOWN?, 164.
PO'LI'L ELLA, 278.
PO' MONA (MOURNAH). (MOURNER), 172, 176, 193, 194, 197, 224, 235.
Possum up a simen tree, 170.
PRICKLY BUSH, THE, 42.
Raccoon totes de bushy hair, 165. RACCOON UP IN DE 'SIMMON
TREE, 172. Railroad Bill mighty bad man, 251. Railroad Bill cut a mightv big dash,
252. RAILROAD BLUES, 243. RAILROAD SONG, 239. RANSUM SCANSUM, 131, (The) reason why I don't work so
hard, 236. REBORN AGAIN, 256. Ridin' in de buggy, Miss Mary Jane,
117. RISE, OLE NAPPER, 102. ROCK TO SEE DE TURKEY RUN,
196. ROW AFTER ROW, 211. RUN, NIGGER, RUN, 12, 24. Run so easy and run so fast, 239.
St. James Iniirmary, 94. ST. LOUIS BLUES, 267. SETTIN' ON A RAIL, 177-79. SHANGHAI CHICKEN, 195. SHINE REEL, 213. Ships in de oceans, 276. Shoo fly, don't you bodder me, 200. SHORT'NIN' BREAD, 149, 150, 151,
152. Sing no more Creole—free nation, 21. SIR HUGH AND THE JEW'S
DAUGHTER, 53. SIR LIONEL, 51. SISTER CYARLINE, 184. Six months in jail ain't so long, baby,
231. SKEW BALL, 62. SKINNER'S SONG. 230. SO WE HUNTED AND WE HOLLERED, 57. Some folks say de dummy line don't
run, 245. Sometime soon, it ain't gwine to be
long, 234. SONG OF THE FORTUNATE ONE,
236. Spin, ladies, spin all day, 215. SPINNING-SONG, 215, STAGOLEE, 92. Stan' boys, stan', 232. Steal up young ladies, 116. Steam from the whistle, 242. STORY OF CREATION, 181-2. SWEET MAMA, 242. SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT
(fragment), 28.
'TAINT GWINE RAIN NO MO', 107.
Take a-one on me, 91.
THERE WAS AN OLD NIGGER, HIS NAME WAS DR. PECK, 197.
There was a tall an' handsome man, 43.
There's flies on me, 201.
THIS LADY SHE WEARS A DARK-GREEN SHAWL, 142.
Thought I fell in ten foot o' water, 217.
Thought I heard dat K. C. whistle blow, 242.
THREE JOLLY WELSHMEN, 57.
TO HUNTSVILLE, 243.
TOM CAT, 91.
Toolie low, toolie low, toolie low, 153.
TOUT PITIT NEGRESSE, 212.
TRAIN IS A-COMING, THE, 253.
Turn about and twist about, 127.
'TWAS ON DE BLUFF, 72.
TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR, 86.
UN, DEUX, TROIS, 120.
VOYEZ CE MULET LA, 119.
WALK, JAWBONE, WALK, 103,104.
Walk-ee-in, walk-ee-in, 182.
•WAY DOWN IN OLE' VIRGINIA,
225. Way down south on a cedar creek, 156. 'Way down yonder, 148. We are soldiers in this blessed war, 258. Well, ah looked down de railroad fuh
as ah could see, 241. Well it makes no difference, 227. Wheel about, turn about, do jes' so,
125.
When I'm dead and buried, 9.
When I was young I used to wait, 201.
When the day was appointed for Skew-ball to run, 63.
Where was you, Sweet Mama, 213.
Who all de time a-hidin', 158.
Who build de ark?, 223.
WHO DAT?, 154.
Who moan for me?, 117.
WHOA, MULE!, 186.
W'ite folks go to chu'ch, 168.
WOODCHOPPER'S SONG, 214.
Workin' on de levee, 229.
Working on the section, dollar and a half a day, 247.
WORK-SONG, 208, 216, 217, 218, 220, 231. ouldn't drive so hard but I needs de
Warns, 210.
Yonder comes my Lord, 259.
Yon'er goes my Nora, gitten' drunk
ergin, 214. You better run, 208. YOU CALL ME DOG, I DON' KER,
190. You got to quite kickin' my dog
around, 187. You keep on a-talkin' till you make-a
me think, 277. You'll never miss the water till the
well runs dry, 266. YOU SHALL BE FREE (see p. 265),
284.
2ACCHEUS, 286.
ZACCHEUS CLIMBED THE SYC-AMO' TREE. 200.