Doodle, Doodle, Massa Call You
The following rhymes are from Inaqua, Bahama Island. They're recited over the hole of a doodlebug to try to get it to come out.
A doodlebug is, "Some kind of larva that lives in a hole in the ground, about the size of a knitting-needle, is angled for by dropping a juicy grass-stalk into the hole." -Poems Here at Home
Doodle, Doodle, Massa Call You
Nursery Rhyme
1. Doodle, doodle, massa* call you,
For your butter and bread;
If you don't come he'll take a firestick
And knock you down, bam!
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2. Doodle, doodle, come to town,
Sweet bread, sweet butter.
Doodle, doodle, come out of your hole,
For peas and rice and bread and butter ;
Who don't come won't get none.
Notes
*Master
Comments
If anyone from The Bahamas is familiar with these rhymes, please email me to let us know. Thanks in advance! –Mama Lisa
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This can be found in "Poems Here at Home" (1896).
