“There Was a Watermelon”
Description
"There was a watermelon, A-growing in the garden, And in the garden wall there was a hole. A skinny little nigger Said if he's a little bigger, He'd climb over the garden wall. He's sneak up like a rabbit, And then he'd grab it...."
Cross references
- cf. "Watermelon on the Vine" (theme)
References
- BrownIII 465, "There Was a Watermelon" (1 text)
- Roud #11798
- BI, Br3465