’Cause she’s wearin’ ’em hangin’ low.
Unfaithfulness in love is another great source of song. “Somebody stole my gal” is a common tale, and the sequel, “I’m gonna git dat man,” is equally common. The “creeper,” the man who “fools wid another man’s woman,” is the most despised of all Negro characters. Says the Negro man,
A sarpent crawls on his belly,
A cat wallers on his back;
De meanest varmint in de worl’
Is de creeper in my shack.
In the following group of songs the man pays his respects to the unfaithful woman and to the “creeper.”
A Creeper’s Been ’Roun’ Dis Do’
You don’t think I don’t know
A creeper’s been ’roun’ dis do’, dis do’.