Negro workaday songs

by Howard Washington Odum; Guy Benton Johnson

De jails kotch him at las’, dat chocolate drop,

De jails kotch him at las’, dat chocolate drop

From dark-town al-ley.

Dem bars wus strong, but Chocolate melted away,

Dem bars wus strong, but Chocolate melted away,

Dem bars wus strong, but Chocolate melted away,

Back to dark-town alley.

I’m a Natural-bo’n Ram’ler

I’m a natural-bo’n ram’ler,

I’m a natural-bo’n ram’ler,