Wen I'm dead don' you griebe atter me
(This line repeated three times)
By'm by don' you griebe atter me."
The second song is sung by a "mighty clevah woman" to her lover. The
negro woman is at home rocking her baby, her husband is sitting not far
away. A weird little whistle is heard. The negro woman sings to warn her
lover of danger.
"Oh, de win's in de wes',
An' de cuckoo's in de nes',
No lodgin' hyar foah you,
By you baby by yoo.
Oh, de devil's in de man,
Cain't you unnerstan',
No lodgin' hyar foah you,
By you baby by yoo.
(Repetition of the first verse.)"