The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-11-19
SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE CABIN.
Uncle Ned Dispenses Info nation 10 Inquisi-
tive Friends.

To glib you his opinion on de questions OBJ d.
day.
You ak me how spec a man to take easy
nap
When cotton keeps a fallin' wild a morgidg'
de crap
De time is come, my brudders when de folks
like you an me
Mus keep de eye-ball wide awake an see what
deg kin
when Mr. Linetum's sodgers come an sot de
niggers Free
We laid aside de implements an iined de ju-
beree.
But ponderate it as you like an fix it as you
will
You got to wuk de eotton-row an chop de
hacker hill;
An when you come to sif de thing. de fac is
Dat niggers got to swing de hoe wild all DER
might an main.
Den let de polertics alone an fasten to de
farm,
An nuthin' tall kin come around to do you
An he II git de biggist pickius on de eberlastin
sho
Dat keeps his blade de sharpest an dat takes
Now nm dat some dey cullud people seem to
think It's best
To pack up all DER baggage an to move out to
Whar dey don't hab any taxes an you don't
pay any rent,
Cause de Gubment GIBBS you eberything an
nebber charge a cent.
When | seed de railroad agent wild de chrome
in his hand
OBJ de land
tried to hide my feelings, but bust out il
laf,
An he seed was too old bird to nibble at
de chaf;
Cause hadn't got no appetite to lib out in de
West
Whar de bOppergrasses nebber glb you any
sort o rest
For dey tell me dat dey git big as Massers
sippi horgs,
An dey dribe EN- out de gardins wild lot oh
pinter doTgs;
An whar dey pass along, dar can't libin'
thing be seen,
An dey eat up all de fences when de farmers
paint EN- green.
Now | knowed man dat went out dar to look
aroun an see,
An he told me dat de crop was jes as fine as
it could be;
An he sed dat all de corn-stalks had de big
gest kind oh ears -
Den hoO you gioiRe TO do lcidoHt de Hub6ins TOR
de steers?
An in de dead oh winter, when de winds begin
TO blow,
You got to git your hoe an spade an tunnel
froo de snowi
Now dey do a heap talkin dat is mighty nice
an fine,
But ruther think wouldn't take no Exerdis
in mine!
You want to know bout Afriky, across de ra-
gin sea,
Whar heap o darkies tell you you kin get your
ratiOns free;
Whar niggers loaf aroun' the country, mighty |
big an gran,
An Whaf gOrllIerS nina ue COWS an monkeys
wuk de lam;
But if you take notion an include you boun
TO go
Whar middlin's grow on white-oak trees an
whisky ribbers flow,
1 think dat you will find it all a pretty heavy
sell
If you trus de whoppin stories dat we use to
Now, you member dit in Afriky de niggers
An once deg use to run little Cub ment OBJ
DER
Dey had a heap o officers an glib EN- Dustin
An eberyt was mighty nice an lubly as
de day.
But den dey lost DER senses an dey sot de
monkeys free,
An deg writ de procklermation on a great
big war-nut tree;
An den dey made a 'mendment an dey passed
it in de cote,
Dat inferred upon de monkey tribe de priber-
lige to vOte
Cause dey thought de CONSTITUTION would be
mighty ap ter fail,
If it exfranchised a citizen jes' cause he had a
tail.
But de niggers soon diskivered what was com
in from DER pains,
An in mighty little while de monkeys held
de reins.
Well, dey bust up into factions when dey meet
on lection day,
An de monkeys nebber sanction what de mig
gers got TO say.
So dey sembied mp tOgedder an dey made a
'Turnin Bode
oh de keenest little monkeys dat de country
could effode.
Now dey try a heap o cheatln, an dey do 1t
mighty slick
When dey fgger up de ballots by de monkey
'rifmetic.
De darkies hab conventions an dey run deir
men OBJ note,
But dey nebber gifts elected cause monkeys
count de vote;
So de niggers gin to wonder whar de plegged
thing would stop,
For dey sort O. thought de bottom rail was
gittin on de top.
Den de monkeys got to teachin little darkies
in de schools
An dey seemed to think de niggers was a aw-
full set oh fools
An when de monkeys lnrnt dat dey could
make public speech,
Why, de smartest OBJ EN- took notion dat dey
ought to preach;
An if you tend meetin when de element
gins to rise
You Il be pretty sharply stonished at de sight
befo your eyes,
When you see big goriller. wild a solemn
choly look
After readin to de brudders from de pages OBJ
de book
Struttin roun' de pulpit in suit OBJ Sunday
clo es,
Jes a-whoopin up de mourners an a-singin'
froo his nose
De white folks bound to hab you, an dey neb-
her will egree
To columnize de colored people cross de stormy
sea;
An | kin tell yon how it happens-eause de
thing is mighty clear,
Why all de cotton-planters want to keep de
niggers here
De white folks mighty larnid, and know dey
mighty smart,
Cause dey quainted wild de sciences an cherry
sort o art ]
An hub to hear EN- talkin, for dey fairly 5
make me laff
When dey tell nae bout de wonders OBJ de funny ,
fony-g-ratf;
An if dey Keep progressin dey can tell you
pretty soon
Bout de 'lections an de weather in de plants
an de moon; {
An dey knows heap o logic, cause dey s
larnt 1t in de school:
But no one cep' de niger can elucidate de
mule J
Now, you often hear it serted dat de niggers
hub to lie,
But nebber seed pusson dat could glib de
So I makes de 'sertion boldly-an' / think {
got de proof ,
Dat niggers amt so mighty ap to shuttle rOun
de Yoof
As many oh DER countrymen, OBJ interlec an
pride,
Dat own de biggest houses an dat sport de
Well, pintly would advise you as de safest
plan by far,
To state de fac's kerrec'ly an upon de squar'
But It's 'casionally handy to suppress thing
Or to make afferdavit dat is not perzackly
true;
An in such situation you must keep your
cOuridge high,
An measure out your 'pinions with mighty
steady eye;
An when you swar to sumfn' dat aip't alto
gedder true,
Why. lebe op'nin' big enough TO let you
scramble froo!
Well, often is reminded of dis troof, tell
you now,
When / blow de horn for Boiler, arfter putin
up de pillow,
An sLart into de bushes, by de risin' OBJ the
moon,
To hab little frolic wild de pOssum or de
coon.