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‘Here Comes A Young Man Courting’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 86: You shore is got de bighead! Bighead! Bighead!at get the big head (v.) under big head, n.1
‘Here Comes A Young Man Courting’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 86: You shore is got de bighead! Bighead! Bighead! ‘Here Comes A Young Man Courting’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 86: You shore is got de bighead! Bighead! Bighead!at big head, n.1
‘To Win A Yellow Girl’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 102: You ‘borrow’ Mosser’s Beaver hat, / An’ slip on his Long-tailed Blue.at long-tail blue, n.
‘Sheep Shell Corn’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 59: An’ he sen’ it to de mill by de buckeyed Whippoorwill.at buck-eyed, adj.
‘Gooseberry Wine’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 41: Don’t never tu’n yo’ back, Suh, / On day good ole gooseberry wine! / Oh walk chalk, Ginger Blue! Git over double trouble.at walk the chalk, v.
‘I Would Rather Be A Negro Than A Poor White Man’ Negro Folk Rhymes 42: Gwineter take my gal to de Hullabaloo, / Whar dere hain’t no Crackers in a mile or two.at cracker, n.3
‘He Loves Sugar and Tea’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 84: Mistah Buster, he’s a Jim-dandy! / He can swing dem gals so handy.at jim dandy, n.
‘Off From Richmond’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 15: I slips off from Mosser widout pass an’ warnin’ / Fer I mus’ see my Donie wharever she may stay.at dona, n.
‘Gooseberry Wine’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 41: Don’t never tu’n yo’ back, Suh, / On day good ole gooseberry wine! / Oh walk chalk, Ginger Blue! Git over double trouble.at ginger (blue)! (excl.) under ginger, n.3
‘The Ark’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 44: He had a sassy Mo’gan hoss / An’ gobs of big fat cattle.at gob, n.3
‘Coffee Grows On White Folks’ Trees’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 107: So dat yeller gal loves dat high-hat dandy.at high-hat, adj.
‘Stand Back, Black Man’ Negro Folk Rhymes 11: Git ’way, black man, / You jes haint fine; / I’se quit foolin’ / Wid de nappy-headed kind.at nappy-headed (adj.) under nappy head, n.
‘Stand Back, Black Man’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 11: Stan’ back, black man! / Cain’t you see / Dat a kinky-headed chap / Hain’t nothin’ side o’ me?at kinky-headed, adj.
‘Jaybird Died With The Whooping Cough’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 36: Den he caper on down to de dancin’. / Dey hopped it low, an’ dey hopped it high; [...] Det hopped it fer, an’ dey hopped it nigh; / Dat fiddle an’ bow jes make ’em fly.at hop, v.1
‘The Ark’ Negro Folk Rhymes 45: Ole Ham, he sot an’ knocked de chunes, / De happiest of de Niggers.at knock, v.
‘Half Way Doings’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 121: But w’en you sees a lazy Nigger / Stop workin’, shore’s you’re born, / You’se gwineter see him comin’ out / At de liddle end of de horn.at little end of the horn (n.) under little, adj.
‘Brag And Boast’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 213: Dat big loud mouf Nigger.at loudmouth, adj.
‘I Would Not Marry A Black Girl’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 56: I wouldn’ marry a black gal, / I’ll tell you de reason why: / When she goes to comb dat head / De naps’ll ’gin to fly.at naps, n.
‘Kept Busy’ in Negro Folk Rhymes
109: She’s de sweetes’ thing in town; / An’ when I sees dat Nig / She makes my heart go ‘pitty-pat’.at nig, n.2
‘The Master’s ‘Stolen’ Coat’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 62: Ole Mosser bought a brand new coat, / He hung it on de wall, / dat Nigger stole dat coat away, / An’ wore it to de Ball.at nigger, n.1
Parody on ‘Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 115: Uh-huh: Now I lays me down to sleep! – / While dead oudles o’ bedbugs ’round me creep.at oodles, n.
‘Rejected By Eliza Jane’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 134: Perhaps you’ll sack ‘Ole Sour Bill’ / An’ git choked on ‘Sugar Cain’.at sack, v.
‘Looking For A Fight’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 118: I went down town de yudder night, / A-raisin’ san’ an’ a-wantin’ a fight.at raise sand (v.) under sand, n.1
‘The Old Hen Cackled’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 50: De ole hen she cackled, / An’ stayed down in de bo’n. / She git fat an’ sassy, / A-eatin’ up de co’n.at sassy, adj.
‘Shake The Persimmons Down’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 34: De raccoon up in de ’simmon tree.at simmon, n.
‘Sparking’ or ‘Courting’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 136: I sparks fast an’ hard [...] Dough I’se gittin’ ole, / I don’t co’t lak no snail.at spark, v.1
‘The Ark’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 45: An’ den jes to amuse hisse’f, / He steamed a board an’ bent it, Son.at steam, v.2
‘I Love Somebody’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 51: Wid her reddingoat an’ waterfall, / She’s de pretty liddle gal dat beats ’em all.at waterfall (n.) under water, n.1
‘Uncle Ned’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 61: Dere wusn’t no wool on de top o’ his head / In de place whar wool oughter grow.at wool, n.1
‘Year Of Jubilee’ in Negro Folk Rhymes 58: Yanks locked him in de smokehouse cellar, / De key’s throwed in de well: / It sho’ mus’ be de Kindgdom Come. / Go ring dat nigger field-bell!at Yank, n.
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