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y m[=o]' aigs dan a flock on a fahm. Anudder liddle drink wouldn' do us no harm. My liddle red hen hatch fifty red chicks In dat liddle ole nes' of huckleberry sticks. Wid one m[=o]' drink, ev'y chick'll make two! Come, bring it on, Honey, an' let's git through. RATION DAY Dat ration day come once a week, Ole Mosser's rich as Gundy; But he gives us 'lasses all de week, An' buttermilk fer Sund'y. Ole Mosser give me a pound o' meat. I e't it all on Mond'y; Den I e't 'is 'lasses all de week, An' buttermilk fer Sund'y. Ole Mosser give me a peck o' meal, I fed and cotch my tucky; But I e't dem 'lasses all de week, An' buttermilk fer Sund'y. Oh laugh an' sing an' don't git tired. We's all gwine home, some Mond'y, To de honey ponds an' fritter trees; An' ev'ry day'll be Sund'y. 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 fiddle begin to sing, She make de whole plantation ring. She bring me in a dollar an' sometime m[=o]'. Hurrah fer my ole fiddle an' bow! DIE IN THE PIG-PEN FIGHTING 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 de pig-pen fightin', Yes, die wid a bitin' jaw!" MASTER IS SIX FEET ONE WAY Mosser is six foot one way, an' free foot tudder; An' he weigh five hunderd pound. Britches cut so big dat dey don't suit de tailor, An' dey don't meet half way 'round. Mosser's coat come back to a claw-hammer p'int. (Speak sof' or his Bloodhound'll bite us.) His long white stockin's mighty clean an' nice, But a liddle m[=o]' holier dan righteous. FOX AND GEESE Br'er Fox wa'k out one moonshiny night, He say to hisse'f w'at he's a gwineter do. He say, "I'se gwineter have a good piece o' meat, Bef[=o]' I leaves dis townyoo. Dis townyoo, dis townyoo! Yes, bef[=o]' I leaves dis townyoo!" Ole mammy Sopentater jump up out'n bed, An' she poke her head outside o' de d[=o]'. She say: "Ole man, my gander's gone. I heared 'im w'en he holler 'quinny-quanio,' 'Quinny-quanio, quin
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