Joel Chandler Harris,
Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings…
(1886)
“ Fox ketch de Rabbit, en he scratch um en he claws um— (Hey O! Hi O! Up’n down de Bango!) En he tar off de hide, en he chaws um en he gnyaws um— (Hey O! Hi O! Up’n down de Bango!) Same like gal chawin’ sweet gum en rozzum— (Hi O, Miss Sindy Ann!) For de los’ ell en yard is a huntin’ for de mornin’ (Hi O! git ’long! go ’way!) En she’ll ketch up widdus ’fo’ we ever git dis corn in— (Oh, go ’way, Sindy Ann!) Oh, work on, boys! give doze shucks a mighty wringin’— (Hey O! Hi O! Up’n down de Bango!) ’Fo’ de boss come aroun’ a dangin’ en a dingin’— (Hey O! Hi O! Up’n down de Bango!) ”
