NEVER MO'
Words by Alex Rogers, music by Bert Williams.
(Recitation with music accompaniment.)
As recorded by Bert Williams, 1915.

Mister Edgar Allan Poe
Had a raven-bird, just a plain old crow.
The crow was a pet and used to set above the do'
Of Mister Poe
And just keep on quotin' "Nevermo'! Nevermo'!"
'Course that was a long time ago,
And 'course I, I's not Mister Poe.
I has no dough and I has no crow,
But here is one thing I do know:
If that old crow with his "Nevermo'"
Had been through what I have, I'm sho'
He would quote much mo' than "Nevermo'."
If crowie know'd some things I know,
He'd say "Nevermo'," and then some mo'!

Seems like Mister Poe loved this Miss Leno',
But she done died long time ago.
'Course I don't know if Mister Poe
Knowed Miss Leno' was dead for sho',
But if he did know and still cried to go,
Well, 'course, as I foresaid, I'm not Mister Poe,
And I ain't cryin to get to no Leno',
'Specially with her done dead long, long ago.
Oh, no! Now my wife's name ain't Leno'.
No sir! Her name is Flora; they just calls her plain Flo,
And she ain't dead, and what's mo',
To where she lives is just a block or so.
But does you hear me cryin' to get to Flo?
Nevermo', no sir, and then some mo'!