LYR. ADD: DIS MORNIN'
(Mississippi, Negroes, 1909)

See dem ole farmers goin' on to town, this mornin', (2X)
See dem ole farmers goin' on to town
Wid er one horse waggin an' er it broke down,
Dis mornin', er dis evenin', so soon.

See dem ole farmers come along back, dis mornin', (2X)
See dem ole farmers come along back
Wid er piece o' meat in er crocus sack.
Dis mornin', etc. (1)

Mommer kilt er chicken, an' she give me de wing, dis mornin', (2X)
Mommer kilt er chicken, an' she give me de wing;
She thought I was workin', an' I warn't doin' a thing.
Dis mornin', etc.

Mommer kilt er chicken, an' she give me de head, dis mornin', (2X)
Mommer kilt er chicken, an' she give me de head;
She thought I was workin', an' I's lyin' in the bed.

(1) Compare Joel Chandler Harris, "Uncle Remus and His Friends," p. 200. Also cf. Harvard College Library, 25254.10.5.
"Uncle Remus and His Friends" copyright 1892. (My copy is in part of a compilation volume and it will take me a while to sort out 'p. 200.'

E. C. Perrow, "Songs and Rhymes from the South," 1911-1915, part 3, vol. 28, 1915, part VII, no. 2.