Negro workaday songs

by Howard Washington Odum; Guy Benton Johnson

Never work so hard since I’ve been born,

Baby, baby.

Little bit later I swings de hoe,

Little bit later I swings de hoe,

Little bit later I swings de hoe,

I’se de nigger dat leads de row,

Baby, baby, baby.

Sack an’ basket all that I pick,

Sack an’ basket all that I pick,

Sack an’ basket all that I pick,