THE FIG






De fig dat's "sweet enough to eat"
Is sweet enough, but not too sweet;
But de honey-lip fig in de blazin' light
Is a battle-ground whar de varmints fight.
An' it ain't by itself in dat, in dat—
An' it ain't by itself in dat.

THE FRIZZLED CHICKEN

Dat frizzledy chicken, he steps so spry,
An' he totes 'is head so pompious high,
Like as ef he tries, wharever he goes,
To rise above dem rough-dried clo'es.
An' he ain't by 'isself in dat, in dat—
An' he ain't by 'isself in dat.