" Cats and Eels, and .tick as that." 



" One Sat'day night 

 Do niggas went a huntin', 

 De doga dey run de Coon, 

 De Coon he run de Wolver, 

 De Wolver run de Stiff-leg, 

 De Stiff-leg run de Devil, 

 Dey run him up de hill, 

 But dey cotch him on de leveL 



" Sat'day night come arter, 

 Do niggas went a.-fisliin", 

 Dey call for Billy Carter, 

 'Case he want to go a-caUin', 

 Dey filled de jug an' started 

 For de Pocomoka river, 

 Chicken-guts wus better bait, 

 Dey dug a gourd o' wurrims." 



From a song of the " Peasantry of the South" — banjo 

 accompaniment omitted. 



