I'll look at some of Talley's songs. The first song is a dance, with dance calls. The leader would come up with an idea and sing: "Setch a kickin' up san'" and the group would respond "Jonah's Band!"

JONAH'S BAND PARTY

Setch a kickin' up san'
Jonah's Band!
Setch a kickin' up san'!
Jonah's Band!
"Han's up sixteen! Circle to the right!
We're going to get big eatin's here tonight".

Setch a kickin' up san'!
Jonah's Band!
Setch a kickin' up san'!
Jonah's Band!
"Raise your foot, kick it up high,
Knock dat Mobile Buck in the eye.

Setch a kickin' up san'!
Jonah's Band!
Setch a kickin' up san'!
Jonah's Band!
"Stand up flat foot. Jump Dem Bars!
Karo bac'ards. Like a train o' kyars."

Setch a kickin' up san'!
Jonah's Band!
Setch a kickin' up san'!
Jonah's Band!
"Dance round , Mistiss, show'em de p'int;
Dat *dancer don't know how to Coonjaint."

-Thomas W. Talley, Negro Folk Songs 1922

"Coonjaint," (a derivative of coonjine) "Mobile Buck," "Karo (Cairo)
and "Jump Dem Bars" are African- American dance steps. Talley gives more info on the dance.

*edited

-Richie