“Come wash your pot, come wash your pot,
Simon Tootoos, lennon boy,
Come wash your pot, O lennon boy!
Too na too!”
And wash de pot. And cut him up an’ put in de pot, an’ he set it on de
fire, mak up him fire under him, and him start boiling. After it start
boiling, it boil until it tell him to season in skelion [47]. When it
boil, it tells him to come down pot off de fire. So
“Come wash you’ plate, come wash you’ plate,
Simon Tootoos, lennon boy,
Come wash you’ plate, O lennon boy!
Too na too!”
He wash de plate.
“Come clean you’ knife, come clean you’ knife,
Simon Tootoos, lennon boy,
Come clean you’ knife, O lennon boy!
Too na too!”
He clean him knife.
“Come lay you’ table, come lay you’ table,
Simon Tootoos, lennon boy!
Come lay you’ table, O lennon boy!
Too na too!”
He lay him table. An’ say,
“Come pick me out, come pick me out,
Simon Tootoos, lennon boy,
Come pick me out, O lennon boy!
Too na too!”
And pick him out.
“Come lay me on table, come lay me on table,
Simon Tootoos, lennon boy,
Come lay me on table, O lennon boy!
Too na too!”
Put him on table.
“Come draw you’ chair, come draw you’ chair,
Simon Tootoos, lennon boy,
Come draw you’ chair, O lennon boy!
Too na too!”
He draw him chair.
“Come eat me now, come eat me now,
Simon Tootoos, lennon boy!
Come eat me now, O lennon boy!
Too na too!”
He eat him dead mother now.
“Come call you’ grave-digger, come call you’ grave-digger,
Simon Tootoos, lennon boy,
Come call you’ grave-digger, O lennon boy!
Too na too!
“Come call you’ carpenter, come call you’ carpenter,
Simon Tootoos, lennon boy,
Come call you’ carpenter, O lennon boy!
Too na too!”