Milk in the dairy, getting mighty old, Skippers and the mice working mighty bold, Sing song Kitty can't yer kinny meo Keymo ki mo doro hi me hi me ho. In come Sally singing, sometimes Penny with a wink turnings cat Sing song Kitty can't yer ki meo Key mo ki mo doro hi, me hi me ho.
"Slavery-time song." From N. L. White, 1928, American Negro Folk Songs, p. 176