REMARKABLE NIGGER I. MISTER SPRING RICE one bery good man, When him work for de pelf, he Make de people roar away as much as him can, At um Teatre Royal, Adelphi ! "Sich a gittin up stairs, and am playin on de fiddle," My eyes! I never did see! Him sing um him song, and make um guess him riddle; Him dance wid bery great glee. Him kick him caper, as you know; Him kick him caper, and jump" Jim Crow!" Him sing the fine song ob "Lucy, Lucy Lock," Like winkin at de Lyceum! But neber de Banjo Man-neber Mr. Rice Cut sich a particklar figger IV. My tall Nigger, him colour bery black; Him eat him bellyful, him drink him whack : Him got courage, so I don't deceive; And him so bery black, you hardly believe,— Him got a little white just about de eye; Can't come to England, me tell you why, Go to de almanack, you see bery soon, In England de longest day, de twenty-first of June, De sun often shine bery bright in um. "Dat," say de Nigger brave, "De longest day you have? Den, by jingo! I CANNOT TAND UPRIGHT IN UM! England-me pity her!-can neber see my phiz; Nigger can't tand up in de longest day she has!" V. Dere come a savage man, Fond ob cruel sport; He sav to Nigger's master : |