Ben King's Verse/Appearances

by Benjamin Franklin King

De man dat wahs de slickest tile
      Doan draw de bigges' check;
De riches' lookin' kin' ob sile
      Doan yiel' de bigges' peck.

De hoss dat's highes' in de pool
      Doan always win de race,
Kase sometimes he's a little off,
      An' sometimes held fo' place.

De bulldog wid de orn'ry jaw
      Ain' half so bad to meet
As dat dar yaller mungril cur
      Dat's layin for yo' meat.

De mooley cow dat hists her leg
      An' makes de milkmaid scream,
Am jes' de bossie cow dat gives
      De riches' kin' ob cream.

De mule dat hab de wicked eye
      Ain' half so bad, now min'--
Look out for dat ole sleepy mule
      Yo' 's walkin' 'roun' behin'.