“Mammy's Little Boy”

Description

"Who all de time a-hidin' In de cotton an' de corn? Mammy's little boy, Mammy's little boy, Who all de time a-blowin' Ol' Massa's dinner horn?" The little boy runs, steals away to the kitchen, fusses; Mammy keeps careful watch

Supplemental text

Mammy's Little Boy
  Partial text(s)

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From Dorothy Scarborough, On the Trail of Negro Folk-Songs,
pp. 158-159. As supplied by Mrs. C. E. Ralling from Caroline
Newcomb of Shreveport, Louisiana.

Who all de time a-hidin'
  In de cotton an' de corn?
    Mammy's little boy,
    Mammy's little boy,
Who all de time a-blowin'
  Ol' Massa's dinner horn?
    Mammy's little baby boy.

      Chorus
An' he comes to his mammy,
An' she ketch him on her arm,
  Mammy's little boy,
  Mammy's little boy,
An' a bye-bye,
  Mammy's little baby boy.

(4 additional stanzas)

References

1. Scarborough-NegroFS, pp. 158-159, "Mammy's Little Boy" (1 text)
2. ST ScaNF158 (Partial)
3. BI, ScaNF158