Chapter 4

A Study in Negro Folk Rhymes, 228

COMPARATIVE STUDY INDEX

_Love Songs_

Bitter Lovers' Quarrel; One Side, 127

Courting Boy, The, 141

It Is Hard to Love, 132 I Wish I Was an Apple, 133

Lovers' Good-night, 129

Me and my Lover, 132 Mourning Slave Fiancees, 129

Pretty Polly Ann, 142

Rejected by Eliza Jane, 134 Roses Red, 128

She Hugged Me and She Kissed Me, 131

Vinie, 130

Wooing, 140

You Have Made Me Weep, 128 You Love your Girl, 95

_Dance Songs_

Ark, The, 44 Aunt Dinah Drunk, 53

Baa! Baa! Black Sheep, 27 Banjo Picking, 21 Brother Ben and Sister Sal, 46 Bull Frog Put on the Soldier Clothes, 20

Chicken Pie, 69 Cotton-eyed Joe, 32 Cow Needs a Tail in Fly-time, The, 35

Devilish Pigs, 24 Die in the Pig-Pen Fighting, 39 Dinah's Dinner Horn, 18 Don't Ask Me Questions, 63

Forty-four, 71 Fox and Geese, 40

Gooseberry Wine, 41 Gray and Black Horses, 45

Ham Beats All Meat, 67 He Is my Horse, 16 Hoecake, 49

I am not Going to Hobo Any More, 70 I Love Somebody, 51 I Went down the Road, 50 I Would not Marry a Black Girl, 56 I Would not Marry a Yellow or a White Negro Girl, 63 I'd rather Be a Negro than a Poor White Man, 42

Jack and Dinah Want Freedom, 215 Jaybird, 14 Jaybird Died with the Whooping Cough, 36

Little Red Hen, 37 Little Rooster, The, 29

Master is Six Feet One Way, 40 Master's "Stolen Coat," The, 62 My Fiddle, 39 My Mule, 19 My Wonderful Travel, 55

Negro and the Policeman, The, 66 Nobody Looking, 48

Off from Richmond, 15 Old Gray Mink, 33 Old Hen Cackled, The, 50 Old Molly Hare, 22 Old Section Boss, The, 64 Old Woman in the Hills, The, 54 Opossum Hunt, An, 23

Plaster, 60 'Possum up the Gum Stump, 3 Promises of Freedom, 25

Rabbit Soup, 33 Raccoon and Opossum Fight, 31 Ration Day, 38 Rattler, 46 Run, Nigger, Run! 34

Sail Away, Ladies! 20 Shake the Persimmons Down, 34 Sheep and Goat, 17 Sheep Shell Corn, 59 Sick Wife, A, 55 Simon Slick's Mule, 47 Sugar in Coffee, 30 Suze Ann, 68

Uncle Ned, 61

Walk, Tom Wilson, 68 Wanted: Cornbread and Coon, 37 We Are "All the Go", 52 When My Wife Dies, 26

Year of Jubilee, 58

_Animal and Nature Lore_

Animal Attire, 158 Animal Fair, 159 Animal Persecutors, 205 Awful Harbingers, 149

Bob-White's Song, 155 Bridle Up a Rat, 157 Buck and Berry, 172 Buck-eyed Rabbit! Whoopee! 175

Chuck Will's Widow Song, 156

Frog in a Mill, 167 Frog Went a-Courting, 190 Full Pocketbook, A, 99

Great Owl's Song, 151

Jaybird, 14 Judge Buzzard, 16

Last of Jack, The, 149 Little Dogs, 150

Man of Words, A, 208 Miss Terrapin and Miss Toad, 162 Molly Cottontail, 8 My Dog, Cuff, 150 My Speckled Hen, 170

Old Molly Hare, 22 Origin of the Snake, The, 165

Snail's Reply, The, 170 Strange Brood, A, 166

Tails, 5 Town Bird and the Country Bird, The, 166 Turtle's Song, The, 30

Why the Woodpecker's Head is Red, 203

_Nursery Rhymes_

A. B. C., 154 Alabama Way, The, 164 Animal Fair, 159 Are You Careful?, 203 Aspiration, 159 Awful Harbingers, 149

Baby Wants Cherries, 181 Bat! Bat!, 202 Black-eyed Peas for Luck, 200 Blessings, 204 Bob-White's Song, 155 Buck-eyed Rabbit! Whoopee!, 175 Butterfly, 182

Captain Coon, 176 Children's Seating Rhyme, 179 Chuck Will's Widow Song, 156 Cooking Dinner, 156 Crossing the River, 6

Deedle, Dumpling, 171 Destinies of Good and Bad Children, 200 Did You Feed My Cow?, 78 Don't Sing before Breakfast, 186 Doodle-Bug, 174

End of Ten Little Negroes, The, 163

Fishing Simon, 177 Flap-jacks, 196 Four Runaway Negroes; Whence They Came, 205 Frog Went a-Courting, 190 From Slavery, 162

Getting Ten Negro Boys Together, 184 Go to Bed, 175 Good-by, Ring, 171 Grasshopper Sitting on a Sweet Potato Vine, 173 Grasshopper-Sense, 169 Great Owl's Song, The, 151 Guinea Gall, 176

Hated Blackbird and Crow, The, 183 Hawk and Chickens, 185 Here I Stand, 153

In '76, 178 In a Mulberry Tree, 158 In a Rush, 183

Judge Buzzard, 16

Little Boy Who Couldn't Count Seven, 160 Little Dogs, 150 Little Negro Fly, The, 199 Little Pickaninny, A, 186 Little Sleeping Negroes, 187

Mamma's Darling, 188 Miss Blodger, 199 Miss Terrapin and Miss Toad, 162 Mother Says I am Six Years Old, 164 Mud-Log Pond, 185 My Baby, 180 My Dog, Cuff, 150 My Folks and your Folks, 187 My Little Pig, 157 My Speckled Hen, 170 Mysterious Face Washing, 174

Negro Baker Man, 154 Nesting, 180

Old Aunt Kate, 179 Origin of the Snake, The, 165

Paying Debts with Kicks, 184 Periwinkle, 201 Pig Tail, 153 'Possum up the Gum Stump, 3 Pretty Little Girl, 172 Pretty Pair of Chickens, A, 181

Rabbit Hash, 203 Rabbit Soup, 33 Race-Starter's Rhyme, A, 180 Randsome Tantsome, 202 Raw Head and Bloody Bones, 174 Redhead Woodpecker, 178

Sam is a Clever Fellow, 151 Shoo! Shoo!, 196 Stealing a Ride, 188 Stick-a-ma-stew, 155 Strange Family, A, 171 Strange Old Woman, A, 178 Strong Hands, 167

Tails, 5 Taking a Walk, 183 Teaching Table Manners, 197 Too Much Watermelon, 182 Training the Boy, 201 Tree Frogs, 168 Turtle's Song, The, 30 Two Sick Negro Boys, 173

Washing Mamma's Dishes, 189 What Will We Do for Bacon?, 185 Wild Hog Hunt, 165 Willie Wee, 189

You Had Better Mind Master, 126 Young Master and Old Master, 169

_Charms and Superstitions_

Bat! Bat!, 202 Black-eyed Peas for Luck, 200

Don't Sing before Breakfast, 186

How to Make it Rain, 101

Jaybird, 14

Molly Cottontail, or Graveyard Rabbit, 8 My Speckled Hen, 170

Periwinkle, 201

Speak Softly, 214

_Hunting Songs_

Fox and Geese, 40

He will Get Mr. Coon, 28 Hunting Camp, The, 43

Miss Slippy Sloppy, 100

Opossum Hunt, An, 23

Rattler, 46

_Drinking Songs_

Aunt Dinah Drunk, 53

Bring on your Hot Corn, 29

Little Red Hen, 37

_Wise and Gnomic Sayings_

Brag and Boast, 213

Don't Tell All You Know, 214 Drinking Razor Soup, 211

Fed from the Tree of Knowledge, 212

How to Plant and Cultivate Seeds, 208

Independent, 209

Learn to Count, 207

Man of Words, A, 208

Old Man Know-all, 211

Self-control, 213 Speak Softly, 214 Still Water Runs Deep, 214

Temperance Rhyme, 209 That Hypocrite, 210 Tongue, The, 212

War is On, The, 207

_Harvest Songs_

Harvest Song, 57

_Biblical and Religious Themes_

Ark, The, 44

How to Keep or Kill the Devil, 104

Jawbone, 12 Jonah's Band, 1

Satan, 93

_Play Songs_

Anchor Line, 87

Budget, A, 79

Did You Feed my Cow?, 78 Down in the Lonesome Garden, 89

Green Oak Tree! Rocky-o!, 81

Hawk and Buzzard, 75 He Loves Sugar and Tea, 84 Here Comes a Young Man Courting, 85

Kissing Song, 82 Kneel on This Carpet, 82

Likes and Dislikes, 76 Little Sister, Won't You Marry Me?, 90

Old Black Gnats, The, 80

Peep Squirrel, 78 Precious Things, 84

Raise a "Rucus" To-night, 90

Sallie, 87 Salt-rising Bread, 83 Song to the Runaway Slave, 88 Sugar Loaf Tea, 81 Susan Jane, 77 Susie Girl, 76 Sweet Pinks and Roses, 92

_Miscellaneous_

Antebellum Courtship Inquiry, 135 Antebellum Marriage Proposal, 137 As I Went to Shiloh, 13 Aunt Jemima, 107

Bad Features, 100 Bedbug, 96 Blindfold Play Chant, 73 Bought Me a Wife, 145

Captain Dime, 5 Care in Bread-making, 112 Caught by the Witch Play, 74 Christmas Turkey, 98 Clandestine Letter, A, 136 Coffee Grows on White Folks' Trees, 107 College Ox, The, 112 Courtship, 138 Crooked Nose Jane, 99 Crossing a Foot-Log, 109

Day's Happiness, A, 125 Destitute Former Slave Owners, 97 Do I Love You?, 129 Does Money Talk?, 113

Elephant, The, 116

Fattening Frogs for Snakes, 97 Few Negroes by States, A, 117 Fine Plaster, A, 124 Fox and Geese Play, 73 Fox and Rabbit Drinking Proposition, 111 Frightened Away from a Chicken-Roost, 95

Going to be Good Slaves, 101 Good-by, Wife!, 148 Goosie-Gander Play Rhyme, 75

Half Way Doings, 120 Hawk and Chickens Play, 74 He Paid Me Seven (Parody), 122 Hear-say, 114 How to Get to Glory Land, 96 How to Please a Preacher, 117

I Walked the Road, 139 I'll Eat when I'm Hungry, 114 I'll Get You, Rabbit!, 116 I'll Wear Me a Cotton Dress, 118 I'm a "Round-Town" Gentleman, 108 If You Frown, 137 Indian Flea, 12 Invited to Take the Escort's Arm, 135

Joe and Malinda Jane, 4 John Henry, 105 Johnny Bigfoot, 93 Juba, 9 Jump Jim Crow, 13

Kept Busy, 109

Let's Marry Courtship, 138 Looking for a Fight, 118 Love is Just a Thing of Fancy, 2

Mule's Kick, The, 98 Mule's Nature, The, 108

Negro Soldier's Civil War Chant, 115 Negroes Never Die, 11 Newly Weds, The, 144 No Room to Poke Fun, 99

On Top of the Pot, 10 Our Old Mule, 112 Outrunning the Devil, 103

Page's Geese, 102 Parody--He Paid Me Seven, 122 Parody on "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep", 115 Parody on "Reign, Master Jesus! Reign!", 122 Presenting a Hat to Phoebe, 140 Pretty Little Pink, 127

Rascal, The, 106 Request to Sell, A, 123

Sex Laugh, 102 Short Letter, A, 113 Slave Marriage Ceremony Supplement, 143 Sparking or Courting, 136 Stand Back, Black Man, 10 Still Water Creek, 2

"They Steal" Gossip, 110 This Sun is Hot, 108 Thrifty Slave, The, 94 To Win a Yellow Girl, 102 Turkey Funeral, 111 T-U-Turkey, 6 Two Times One, 121

Uncle Jerry Fants, 109

Walk, Talk, Chicken With your Head Pecked, 4 We'll Stick to the Hoe, 123 When I Go to Marry, 144 When I Was a Roustabout, 145 Why Look at Me?, 113 Wild Negro Bill, 94 Wind Bag, A, 101

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Transcriber's Note--Con't: The following changes and corrections were made:

Front Matter: mid-line dots changed to periods p. vi: diaeresis and e-acute accent removed from naivete p. x: missing u-macron added (... 'is f[=u]ner'l song.) p. 9: marker mentioned in footnote was originally a double dagger p. 20: extra " removed (He's a "dead shore shot," gwineter kill dem crows." to ... gwineter kill dem crows.) p. 21: Footnote originally read "Those starred ..." p. 29: misplaced apostrophe moved ('An toted him away. to An' toted him away.) p. 31: one to on (Mud turkle settin' on de end o' dat log;) p. 38: . to , (Den I e't 'is 'lasses all de week,) p. 43: two identical footnotes (note [16]) merged p. 45: indent on 3rd line removed in "Grey and Black Horses" p. 66: missing o-macron added (An' dat ole Police sh[=o]' make me jump.) p. 70: missing o-macron added (Now retch out y[=o]' han' ...) p. 74: extra " removed ("Chickamee," chickamee, cranie-crow." to "Chickamee, chickamee, cranie-crow.") p. 87: missing ! added to 1st Sallie! in 2nd set of brackets p. 145: missing close " added ("Potrack! Potrack!") p. 151: indent on lines 3 and 4 removed in "The Great Owl's Song" p. 157: "But he ..." to "But: He ..." in 3rd stanza of "My Little Pig" p. 165: ; to ! (Mash his head; de sun shine bright!) p. 173: missing hyphen added (Grasshopper a-settin' on ...) p. 174: missing hyphen added (Doodle-Bug, 3rd line, 1st "Doodle-bug!") p. 227: e acute accent removed from dique p. 228: PART II heading added p. 283: OE ligature changed to Oe (Oeohippus) p. 290: periods after the words "Solitaire" and "Supplemented" removed p. 290: missing period added (I a.) p. 292: missing ! added after last "Juba!" in doublet p. 303: comma changed to period (their skill will long linger.) pp. 307, 314, 327, 345: ante-bellum to antebellum to match rest of text

Several spelling and punctuation irregularies between the index and the main text have been corrected without note. Several alphabetization errors in the index were also corrected.

"Push the Hog's Feet under the Bed" was removed from p. 333 of the index--it was listed with no page number, and does not appear in the text. Also, the poem "A Day's Happiness" (p. 125) was called "A Day's Happenings" in the index (pp. 328, 345)--this was corrected.

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