Endless Song 88

The Eel 90

The Rain-Crow 91

The Giraffe 92

The Black Sheep 93

The Prize-Winner 94

The Dog 95

DADDY DO-FUNNY'S WISDOM JINGLES

DADDY'S WEATHER PRAYER

One asks for sun, an' one for rain,
An' sometimes bofe together;
I prays for sunshine in my heart,
An' den forgits de weather.

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THE OLD ROOSTER

Ef de hoa'se ol' rooster wouldn't crow so loud
He mought pass for yo'ng in de barn-yard crowd;
But he strives so hard an' he steps so spry
Dat de pullets all winks whilst he marches by.
An' he ain't by 'isself in dat, in dat--
An' he ain't by 'isself in dat.

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THE BUTTERFLY

Sis' Butterfly aimed to work all right,
But 'er wings dey was heavy, an' 'er head too light;
So she riz in de air, 'ca'ze she see she was made
Jes' to fly in de sun in de beauty parade.
An' she ain't by 'erself in dat, in dat--
An' she ain't by 'erself in dat.

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THE WREN

She's a citizen-bird, Sis little brown Wren,
She nests in de spring an' de fall again;
"Race suicide" talk nuver fazes her,
'Ca'ze she's good for 'er ten little wrens a year.
An' she ain't by 'erself, my ladies, in dat--
No, she ain't by 'erself in dat.

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THE WATERMELON

Oh, Watermilion sho' is good to eat!
But de darkie rates it twice-t mo' sweet,
'Ca'ze it's ap' to b'long to de yether man,
An' it's mighty hard to lif' by sleight o' han'.
An' it ain't by itself, made sweet like dat--
No, it ain't by itself like dat.

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THE GOURD

De green gou'd on de sunny shed
Was mighty proud of his pethy head,
So he nuver pondered or studied or trained,
An' now he's ol' an' rattle-brained.
An' he ain't by 'isself in dat, in dat--
An' he ain't by 'isself in dat.

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JUDGE OWL

Jedge Owl 's so pompious on 'is limb,
You'd s'pose dey was nobody roun' but him;
He's afeard