The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #35702   Message #4221596
Posted By: Jack Horntip
25-Apr-25 - 03:46 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Hot Corn, Cold Corn
Subject: RE: Hot Corn, Cold Corn
BRING ON YOUR HOT CORN

Bing along yo' hot co'n,
Bring along yo' col' co'n;
But I say bring along,
Bring along yo' *Jimmy-john.

Some loves de hot co'n,
Some loves de col' co'n;
But I loves, I loves,
I loves dat Jimmy-john.

1922. Negro Folk Rhymes by Thomas W. Talley.   p. 29.

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