Mobile-Buck
O, come erlong, come erlong,
Wut’s de use er hol’in back;
O, hit it strong, er hit it strong,
Mek de ol’ flo’ ben’ an’ crack.
O, hoop tee doo, uh, hoop tee doo!
Dat’s de way ter knock it froo.
Right erlong, right erlong,
Slide de lef’ foot right erlong.
Hoop tee doo, O, hoop tee doo,
See, my lub, I dawnce ter you.
Ho, boy! Ho, boy!
Well done, meh lady!
O, slide erlong, slide erlong—
Fas’ah wid dat pattin’, Sam!
Dar’s music in dis lef’ heel’s song,
Mis’ah right foot, doan’ you sham!
O, hoop tee doo, oh, hoop tee doo!
Straight erlong I dawnce ter you.
Slide erlong, slide erlong,
Mek dat right foot hit it strong.
Hoop tee do, O, hoop tee doo,
See, my lub, I dawnce ter you.
Ho, boy! Ho, boy!
Well done, meh lady!
Source: African-American Poetry of the Nineteenth Century: An Anthology (University of Illinois Press, 1992)