UNCLE IS'REL.
De peopl' call me a conger, Jus' caus' I do som' tricks, An' caus' I got dis lucky black cat bone, Can gather roots to make tea wit', Not' les' dey talk 'o th't, Dey's scared o' me an' say I tote load stone.
Don' car' wh't I do noble, No matter how I work, Dey say de load stone don' it jus' de same. Like wh'n I took Lucindy, 'Way from de 'fessor Jones, Dey up an' said I got hur wit' some skeame.
Let somethin' happen to de neighbors, Let one o' th'm git sick, Fo' it old Is'rel got to bear de blame, Jes caus' I got th's goofer, An' a rabbit foot or two; Th'y say I do mos' ever'thing th'y dream.
Som'tim th'y talk so scand'lo's, It gits me all up-sot, Wh'n worrin' over wh't th'y say, I wan' 'o t'ke my goofer, An' ever'thing I got, An' let de people see me thro' 'm 'way.