SUGAR IN COFFEE
"Negro Folk Rhymes", edited by Thomas W. Talley {Kennikat Press Edition, 1968; p. 30; originally published by The Macmillan Comoany, 1922}

Sheep's in de meader a-mowin' o' de hay.
De honey's in de bee-gum, so dey all say.
My head's up an' I'se boun' to go.
Who'll take suar in de coffe-o?

I'se de pretiest liddle gal in de county-o.
My mammy an' daddy, dey bofe say so.
I looks in de glass, it don't say, "No."
So I'll take sugar in de coffee-o.