I hain't never gwineter hobo no m[=o]'. By George!
I hain't never gwineter hobo no m[=o]'.

Yes, bef[=o]' I'd live dat ar hobo life,
I'll tell you what I'd jes go an' do:
I'd court dat pretty gal an' take 'er fer my wife,
Den jes lay 'side dat ar hobo life.
I hain't never gwineter hobo no m[=o]'. By George!
I hain't never gwineter hobo no m[=o]'.

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[=o]'!
He shot dat Perliceman.
He shot 'im sh[=o]'!
What did he shoot 'im wid?
A forty-f[=o]'.

Dey sent fer de Doctah
An' de Doctah he come.
He come in a hurry,
He come in a run.
He come wid his instriments
Right in his han',
To progue an' find
Dat forty-f[=o]', Man!
De Doctah he progued;
He progued 'im sh[=o]'!
But he jes couldn' find
Dat forty-f[=o]'.

Dey sent fer de Preachah,
An' de preachah he come.
He come in a walk,
An' he come in to talk.
He come wid 'is Bible,
Right in 'is han',
An' he read from dat chapter,
Forty-f[=o]', Man!
Dat Preachah, he read.
He read, I know.
What Chapter did he read frum?
'Twus Forty-f[=o]'!

PLAY RHYME SECTION

BLINDFOLD PLAY CHANT

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 us,
Mistah blin' man?

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 of "call," and "sponse," see Study in Negro Folk
Rhymes.

HAWK AND CHICKENS PLAY

[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 _Call_) "I wants a chick."
(Chicken's _Sponse_) "Well, you cain't git mine."

(Hawk _Call_) "I shall have a chick!"
(Chicken's _Sponse_) "You shan't have a chick!"

[25] For explanation of "call," and "sponse," see St