PETE BAPTISTE (recitation)

Ol' Pete Baptiste got chase one day 
By wolves up by de Sioux
Dees wolf dey three, four in de pack 
Dey scare him through and through

Old Pete he climb up in de tree 
He think he stay awhile
Dese wolf they sit down in de snow 
And lick der chops and smile

Pree queeck dees two get up, trot away 
Pete think de rest soon go
Pree queeck dees two wolf come right back 
Pete's spirits dey sink low

Dese wolf, for what you think dey got? 
Big beaver! One? No two.
Dey set ‘em down beside dat tree 
And say "by gar, now chew!”

Dose beaver start in chew dat tree
Dey chew like beat de band
Pete think he soon be on de ground
Unless he take a hand

So Pete take out his one quart hooch
And pour it out real slow
It trickle down de trunk to where
Dose beaver chew below

Dose beaver dey get drunk by gar
Dey don’ see none too good
Dey make mistake dey chew de wolf
Instead of chew the wood

Dees wolf run 'way and Pete climb down 
And sit down in de snow
He cry and cry to think for where
His one quart hooch she go

From Max Gerger