.~ 53
other songs out o‘ my head an‘ make room for ~ia word.

	“Since den it‘s de hardea‘ thing in de won‘ for me to ‘member de 8Ofl~8 U8 used to dance by. I do ‘member a few lak ‘Shoo, Fly‘ ‚ ‚ Old Dan Tucker‘ ‚ an‘ ‘Run, Nigger ‚ Run, de Pateroller Catch You.‘ I don‘ ‘member much o‘ de worde. I does ‘member a little o‘ t Old Dan Tucker . ‚ It went dia way;


‘Old Dan Tucker was a mighty mean man ‚ &~ bat hie wife wid a fryin‘ pan. She hollered an‘ she cried, “I‘s gwineter go, Dey‘ s plenty o‘ men, won‘t beat me so.


‘Git out o‘ de way, Old Dan Tucker,

You come too late to git yo‘ eupper.


t Old Dan Tuck er ‚ he got drunk, Fell in de fire, kicked up a chunk, Red hot ooal got down hi8 shoe Oh ‚ Great Lawd ‚ how de ashes flew.


‘Git out o‘ de way, Old Dan Tucker,	~

You come too late to git yo‘ supper.‘


	-	. “sien de war was over, my brother Frank slipped in de house where I was ßtil3. a—stayin‘. He toi‘ me us wa~ tree an‘ for me to come out wid de res‘ • ‘P‘ore sundown dere warnt one Nigger lef‘ on de place. I hear tell later dat de Ïiat~e an‘ de gals had to git
5