One chicken, and that not too small;

With gumbos and good red tomatoes,

And beans and some oysters and all.

On a rock by the river she cooked it,

When there came up a devil of a squall;

And into the water it hooked it,

With the corn and potatoes and all.

The ham and the beans and potatoes

All went in that devil of a squall,

With the chicken and big red tomatoes,