“Befo’ I’ll let you beat me down

I die wid de hammer in my han’,

Lawd, I’d die wid de hammer in my han’.”

“Who gonna shoe yo’ pretty little feet,[91]

Who gonna comb yo’ bangs?

Who gonna kiss yo’ rose-red lips,

Who gonna be yo’ man?

Lawd, who gonna be yo’ man?”

“Sweet Papa gonna shoe yo’ pretty little feet,

Sister gonna comb yo’ bangs,