Brer Rat in de corn-bin overfed
An’ underworked, an’ now he’s dead;
He craved to live lak a bloated chief,
An’ now he ain’t nothin’ but a ol’ dead thief.
An’ he ain’t by ’isself in dat, in dat--
An’ he ain’t by ’isself in dat.
[Illustration: Drawn by Oliver Herford]