’Fo’ long, Lawd,
Yes, ’fo’ long, Lawd,
I’ll be back here,
I’ll be back here.
Scarcely less mixed and informal is the delightful song Shoot that Buffalo sung in low undertone suitable to any sort of work such as digging, cutting, laying rock, unloading coal or gravel, or doing domestic duties. The melody of this “song just to help with work” is presented in [Chapter XIV].
Shoot That Buffalo
Went down to Raleigh,
Never been there befo’,
White folks on the feather-bed,
Niggers on the flo’.