OLD MOLLY HARE
[from Thomas W. Talley "Negro Folk Rhymes"; Kennikat edition, 1966; pg. 22; originally published in 1922]

Ole Molly Har'!
What's you doin' thar?
"I'se settin' in de fence corner, smokin' seegyrar."

Ole Molly Har'!
What's you doin' thar?
"I'se pickin out a br'or, settin' on a Pricky-p'ar"

Ole Molly Har'!
What's you doin' thar?
"I'se gwine cross de Cotton Patch hard as I can t'ar"

Molly har' to-day,
So dey all say
Got her pipe o' clay, jes to smoke de time 'way.

"De dogs say 'boo!'
An' dey bark too.
I hain't got no time fer to talk to you."