OLD DADDY DO-FUNNY’S WISDOM JINGLES
BY RUTH MCENERY STUART
THE JACK-O’-LANTERN
SENCE he los’ ’is brains to git ’is smile,
Brer Jack-o’-lantern grins lak a ’wilderin’ chile,
Widout no secrets out or in;
An’ de lighter in de head de broader is ’is grin.
An’ he ain’t by ’isself in dat, in dat—
No, he ain’t by ’isself in dat.
ANTS
DEM ants is sho got savin’ ways,
An’ even de scripture ’lows ’em praise;
But dey hoa’ds for deyselves f’om day to day,
An’ dey stings any man wha’ gits in de way.
An’ dey ain’t no new co’poration in dat—
No, dey ain’t by deyselves in dat.
THE CANARY
DAT little yaller cage-bird preems ’is wings,
An’ he mounts ’is pyerch an’ sings an’ sings
He feels ’is cage, but I ’spec’ he ’low
To take what comes an’ sing anyhow.
An’ you ain’t by yo’self, little bird, in dat—
No, you ain’t by yo’self in dat.