Verses similar to the title of Chester Himes' novel If He
Hollers Let Him Go occur in a number of folk songs popular during the early
1900's in New York City, the Wilkes-Barre and the Luzerne County. | Catch a Wiffer
Woffer Oh, I'm walkin' round the corner Doing little harm Along comes a policeman And grabs me by the arm Oh, he walks me round the corner Rings a little bell Along comes a wagon And knocks me in a cell Chorus I'm singin' eenie meenie and a miney moh Catch a wiffer woffer by the toe And if it hollers, hollers, hollers, Let it go, I'm singin' Eenie meenie and a miney moh Oh, five o'clock in the morning I looked up on the wall -- The roaches and the bedbugs Were having a game of ball Oh, the score was six to nothing The roaches were ahead -- The bedbugs hit a home run And knocked me out of bed Chorus Oh, six o'clock in the morning The jailer comes around A piece of bread and coffee That weighs a half a pound Oh, the coffee tastes like tobacco juice The bread is hard and stale But that's the way they treat the bums In New York County Jail Chorus I went downtown for breakfast I ordered ham and eggs I ate so many pickles The juice ran down my legs I fell into a sewer And that is where I died They did not call it murder -- They called it sewer-cide Chorus  Bedbugs and Roaches |
Skeeters and
the Bedbugs Chorus Singing eenie meenie and a meinie moe. Catch a wiffer woffer by the toe. And if he hollers hollers hollers, let him go. Singing eenie meenie and a minie moe. I woke up Sunday morning and looked upon the wall. The skeeters and the bedbugs were having a game of ball. The score was nineteen-twenty, the skeeters were ahead. The bedbugs hit a homer and knocked me out of bed. Chorus I woke up Monday morning... Tuesday... Wednesday... The Good Book of Peter Henry |
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© by Herbert Huber, Am Fröschlanger 15, 83512 Wasserburg, Germany, 21.10.2001