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SONGSTER. 191
I hide behind de wood where de niggers always toss
'em,
And lay low, like de coon when him tries to fool de
possum;
I la}^ dare still.
Doe 'twas rather diffikill.
An' dey did'nt find me out till I got to Ijouisville.
Dare Jim beats de drum an' ole Joe's de fifer.
An' I is dat child what can read, write, an' cifer;
;Twice one is five, den carry six to seben,
Tv^ice six is twenty-nine, an' eighteen's eleben^
So 'twixt you and me.
Its wery plain to see,
Dat I lamt to play de banjo by de double rule of tree.
Now I'rive on our farm on de Ohio bluff.
An' I tink of fun an' frolic ole Gumbo's had enough;
Oh! de wite folks at home I wery much amuse.
When I sing dis song, an' tell 'em all denews;
So we'd music all night.
An' dey set up sich a laff
When I introduc'd de niggers to Mrs. Gumbo ChafE
liOng' tall JBlue.
I've come to town to see you all,
I ask you how d'ye do:
I'll sing a song not very long.
About my long tail blue.
Oh, for the long taU blue.
And how d'ye think it wUI do.
Some niggers they have but one coat.
But dis child has got two ;
I wears a jacket all the week.
And Sunday—my long tail blue.
Oh, for the long tail blue, &c