Will H. Hendrickson, "Limericks" (1907)
Who on his eye had a sty.
He got in his gig,
Went and bought him a pig
To put in the sty on his eye!
There was a young man of Pauline,
Who bought a new sewing machine.
Said he: "This will do
To sow my oats, too;"
The farmer, you know, was quite green.
The old game rooster bowed low
To a hen; then said: "I'm your beau."
Said the hen of his choice:
"I don't like your voice,
For it sounds too much like a crow!"
There was a young woman of Lee,
Who had a shape like a "b";
One day 'twas too bad!
She dropped off her pad,
And her shape was like "L," you could see!
Published in The Voice of the Negro, May 1907