Talley. Destinies of Good and Bad Children

From Negro Folk Rhymes by Thomas Talley.

DESTINIES OF GOOD AND BAD CHILDREN

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One, two, three, fō', five, six, seben;
All de good chilluns goes to Heaben.
All de bad chilluns goes below,
To segashuate wid ole man Joe.

One, two, three, fō', five, six, seben, eight;
All de good chilluns goes in de Pearly Gate.
But all de bad chilluns goes the Broad Road below,
To segashuate wid ole man Joe.


NOTES

Segashuate means associate with.