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SONGSTER. 205
Dey take you an' place you on Jango-lango Mil,
Dare dey make you>work an' you tarry to^your will';
Vou work all day your fingers to de^quick.
Den you Irable o'erde groun' like a crooked maplestlck
Singing Mamselle, &c.
0, ebery night, jist before we go to bed.
We build up a fire dat is higher dan our head,
We open de ashes, an' ijii dem vve trow
p!^ stuff dat we call dar, dough, gals, dough.
Singing Mamselle, &c.
We had a little cow, an' we milk her in a gourd.
We put it in de corner, an' kiver'd wid a board;
An' dat.am de way we used for«to do,
Wen I lib'd along wid de Carolinia crew.
Singing Mamselle, &c
Buckskins an^ moccasin to a high degree.
Den we go a courtin' de pretty gals to see;
De fus word* dey say* wen we do set down,^
Is haze aroun' de Johny-cake, its bakin' mos too brown,.
Singing MamseUe, &c.
Some hab de moccasin, an' some he hab none,,
Dem wat hab d.e pair ob boots he tinks himself fun,,
Widde big brass buttons an' a long taU blue.
Why dem are de dandies ob dc CaroUnia crew.
Singing Mamselle,