Hot mush and molasses all in a blue bowl —
Eat it, it’s good for you, sonny.
’T will make you grow tall as a telephone pole —
Eat it, it’s good for you, sonny.
Fresh fish and potatoes all on a blue plate —
Eat it up smart now, my sonny.
’T will make you as jolly and fat as Aunt Kate —
Eat it up quick now, my sonny.
Sweet milk from a nanny-goat in a blue cup —
Drink it, it’s good for you, sonny,
’T will fill you, expand you, and help you grow up,
And make a real man of you, sonny.
Leroy F. Jackson