Tell us what his people call him.
Call him Whiffena Ri-e-i;
Call him Whiffena, the White Man.
Partly, too, his name’s Itoma.
But—his friends and bosom cronies—
Tell us, how do they address him?
He is nicknamed by his cronies
Ei-fo-ke, the Turkey Buzzard.
Ei-fo-ke, the Turkey Buzzard,
Is this, then, the name endearing