Hawk And Chickens Play
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PLAY RHYME SECTION
[25](Chicken's Call) "Chickamee, chickamee, cranie-crow."
I went to de well to wash my toe.
W'en I come back, my chicken wus gone.
W'at time, ole Witch?
(Hawk Sponse) "One"
(Hawk Call) "I wants a chick."
(Chicken's Sponse) "Well, you cain't git mine."
(Hawk Call) "I shall have a chick!"
(Chicken's Sponse) "You shan't have a chick!"
[25] For explanation of "call," and "sponse," see Study in Negro Folk
Rhymes.
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