WELL, SHE ASK ME IN DE PARLOR
African-American traditional

Well she ask me- whuk
In de parlor- whuk
An' she cooled me- whuk
Wid her fan- whuk
An' she whispered- whuk
To her mother- whuk
"Mamma, I love that- whuk
Dark-eyed man"- whuk
Well, I ask her- whuk
Mother for her- whuk
An' she said she- whuk
Was too young- whuk
Lord, I wish'd I- whuk
Never had seen her- whuk
An' I wish'd she- whuk
Never been born- whuk
Well, I led her- whuk
To the altar- whuk
An' de preacher- whuk
Give his comman'- whuk
An' she swore by- whuk
God that made her- whuk
That she never- whuk
Love 'nuther man- whuk

"It is suited to pulling, striking, digging [and heaving] or any work that calls for loose and rhythmic movements of the body."
Odum, Howard W., 1911, Folk Song and Folk Poetry as Found in the Secular Songs of the Southern Negroes, concluded. JAFL, v. 24, no. 44, Oct.-Dec. 1911.

These songs vary according to the rhythm needed for the work.
Some develop a more complex rhythm than shown be the examples above.

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