From Americanisms; the English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (New York: Charles Scribner & Company, 1872), page 46:

The other used to be sung by one voice, the response being given in a chorus, and at each refrain the husked car would be thrown on the rapidly-rising pile in the centre:

Solo. Obadiah.
Chorus. Jumped into the fire.
Solo. Fire too hot.
Chorus. Jumped in the pot.
Solo. Pot too black.
Chorus. Jumped in the crack.
Solo. Crack too high.
Chorus. Jumped in the sky.
Solo. Sky too blue.
Chorus. Jumped in the canoe.

[Part of the rhyme seems to be missing at this point.]

Solo. Pond too deep.
Chorus. Jumped in the creek.
Solo. Creek too shallow.
Chorus. Jumped in the tallow.
Solo. Tallow too soft.
Chorus. Jumped in the loft.
Solo. Loft too rotten.
Chorus. Jumped in the cotton.
Solo. Cotton so white.
Chorus: Stayed there all night!