PLASTER

Chilluns:
Mammy an' daddy had a hoss,
Dey want a liddle bigger,
Dey sticked a plaster on his back
An' drawed a liddle N****r.

Den:
Mammy an' daddy had a dog.
His tail was short an' chunky,
Dey slipped a plaster 'round dat tail.
An' drawed it lak de monkey.

Well:
Mammy an' daddy's dead an' gone.
Did you ever hear dir stiry?
Dey sticked some plasters on deir heels,
An' drawed 'em up to Glory!

pages 60-61

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A FINE PLASTER
W'en it's sheep skin an' beeswax.
It sho' a mighty fine plaster.
De mo' you tries to pull it off,
Se mo' it sticks de faster.

page. 124

[Both of these examples are from the 1968 Kennikat edition of Thomas W. Talley's Negro Folk Rhymes