Mythology & Folklore
Jonah's Band Party
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Setch a kickin' up san'! Jonah's Ban'!
Setch a kickin' up san'! Jonah's Ban'!
"Han's up sixteen! Circle to de right!
We's gwine to git big eatin's here to-night."
Setch a kickin' up san'! Jonah's Ban'!
Setch a kickin' up san'! Jonah's Ban'!
"Raise yo' right foot, kick it up high,
Knock dat Mobile Buck in de eye."
Setch a kickin' up san'! Jonah's Ban'!
Setch a kickin' up san'! Jonah's Ban'!
"Stan' up, flat foot, Jump dem Bars!
Karo back'ards lak a train o' kyars."
Setch a kickin' up san'! Jonah's Ban'!
Setch a kickin' up san'! Jonah's Ban'!
"Dance 'round, Mistiss, show 'em de p'int;
Dat Nigger don't know how to Coonjaint."
Cite this poem
MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Jonah's Band Party.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/0/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Jonah's Band Party.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/0/.
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