Old Aunt Kate

DESCRIPTION: "Ole Aunt Kate she bake de cake, She bake hit 'hine de garden gate; She sift de meal, she gimme de dust, She bake de bread, she gimme de crust, She eat de meat, she gimme de skin, An' dat's de way she tuck me in."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Wyeth); 1855-1860 (see Notes re Wyeth)
KEYWORDS: food humorous
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Scarborough-OnTheTrailOfNegroFolkSongs, p. 99, "Ole Aunt Kate" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: John Allen Wyeth, _With Sabre and Scalpel_ (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1914 ("Digitized by Internet Archive")), "(Old Aunt Kate,)" p. 63 (1 verse)
Roud #11617
NOTES [45 words]: Wyeth learned "Old Aunt Kate" from the slave that tought him to make and play the banjo, in Tennessee, around 1855-1856. Wyeth sang and played the song for Scarborough. - BS
Scarborough reports that this is an "elaboration" from "Juba." Be hard to prove either way. - RBW
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File: ScaNF099

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