Totin’ my stuff roun’ de corner, Lawd, wus fun.
I Went to See My Gal
I went to see my gal at half pas’ fo’
Her ol’ fool daddy met me at de do’.
“I come to git a match,” so says, says I.
“Write it on yo’ tombstone, by and by.”
I kicked up dirt, I kicked up san’,
Lawd, I kicked up everything but dry lan’.
You ax me did I run?—No, Lawd, I flew.
I’s a mighty black nigger, he skeered me blue.