OLD DADDY DO-FUNNY’S WISDOM JINGLES
BY RUTH MC ENERY STUART
THE MOSQUITO
WID so much Christian blood in ’is veins,
You’d think Brer ’Skitty would take some pains
To love ’is neighbor an’ show good-will,
But he’s p’izenin’ an’ backbitin’ still.
An’ he ain’t by ’isself in dat, in dat—
No, he ain’t by ’isself in dat.
THE RAT
BRER Rat in de corn-bin overfed
An’ underworked, an’ now he’s dead;
He craved to live lak a bloated chief,
An’ now he ain’t nothin’ but a ol’ dead thief.
An’ he ain’t by ’isself in dat, in dat—
An’ he ain’t by ’isself in dat.
Drawn by Oliver Herford