So on this darkie’s nose he used

To hang his coat and hat.

Chorus.—Ha, ha, ha, yah, yah, yah, &c.

One morning Massa going away,

He went to get his coat,

But neither hat nor coat was there,

For she had swallow’d both.

He took her to a tailor shop,

To have her mouth made small,

The lady took in one long breath,