Show I HUSKING DT IN GEOEGIA GEORGIA an annual A linual plantation event cannot be b Sar pad the farmer who proposes to give a coin selects a level spot in bis his lot the crib nikes rake away way all and sweeps the clean with ft a brush broom bro omaya says a writer to the century on georgia georg I a corm huskings the corn is i then pulled off T the stalks thrown inlo into wagons hauled to the lot and thrown out on the spot selected belec ted all lu in one pile if it has been previously no rated through the neighborhood hat that there is to be plenty to eat and drink at the corn shucking and if the night ia is a auspicious there will certainly be a crowd soon after dark lark tho the negroes begin to comp come in and before long the place will he ile alive them men women and children after the crowd h has as gathered and been moderately warmed up two giarla are choson chosen from among the most famous corn shuck era erg on the ground and thede theas pro aeed to o divide the into two parties later comers reporting alternately to one side or the other so 10 as to keep the forces equally divided I the he next which is one of great imports import nee tuce is to divide the corn pile this ia is done by laying a fence j all rail across the top of the corn pile a thit the vertical plane passing through divides the pile into two equal portions laying the rail is of great importance since upon tb th a depends the accuracy of the division it i A aci companied companies compa nied with much argument not to say wrangling the position of the rail being determined the two generals mount the corn pile and avid the work begins the necessity for the ginras gi nYls to occupy the most conspicuous position ace axed tible from which to cheer their followers is is one reason why they get on top of the corn but there ia is another equally 11 important n por tant which is to keep the rail from being moved it being no un common thing for one side to change the position of the rail and thus thua throw an undue portion of work upon their r adversaries the tb position of genrl gin I arl rl in a corn corns differs from from that of the sol dier in that the former is in greater danger that any al hia his followers f fr r the chances are that should his side seem to be gaining one of their op poleu ponella is will knock the leader off the corn pile and thus cause A momentary panic which it is eagerly taken advantage of this proceeding prace eding however is 13 i considered 01 fair only in extreme eases cases and not leads to a general er alrow row if it is possible imagine a negro standing on a pile of corn holding in hia his hand an of corn and shouting the words below and you have pictured the genrl gin rl 11 it is i a prime requisite that he should bo be ready in his improvisations and have a good voice so that be may lead in the corn bong song the corn long song is is almost always a song with a obo rus bruor or uie the language of corn shuc shockers kers the ginras give out and the shuc kers drone theoe songs are kept up contiguously during the antiro timo ume the work is going anand though extremely simple yet when tung sung by fifty pairs of lungs there are few things more stirring the most common form is for the generals to improvise words which they half sing half recite all joining in the chorus As a specimen of this style of corn song the I following will answer Ile here rals la your boorn lo 10 all alib h nd 11 ai dUen here is your ruler all hands uh bolio boho hoho 11 goth both gen 11 all bandit oh I alst 1st oen gen do dont I t you I on bear me holle hollert r alghan all hands in Oh lolio boho hoho 11 and 2nd gen dont ye yer bear me lumber all hands hand oh in this the generals frequently recount their adventures travels and experiences the writer knew of a negro who went down to the sea coast and when he returned carried by storm a corn shucking of which lo 10 was general with the words word ive bin ter de ilund 11 of course brer rabbit must come in for his share of the bo honoris hon orns noras be he does in the following song which is i illustrative of the appreciation of rabbit cunning it is eung sung just as the other was the generals and shuc kers altermat Alt alternating ernat i angl gen I rabbit in de eyergin ey erain 11 cho oll gen n ro doi irb eart cant ketch nm cho g hi loll 1011 oh gen gun cant shoot urn 21 cho hi hl oh gen alan ian cant shoot thoo tum uni 11 clio 11 hi oh gen geri coot coo cant cook nm 11 cho rabbit hi oh gen folks cant eat at um cho I rabbit hi oh ob 11 eto any reader who has followed so to far may by courtesy be called a corn general and is therefore at liberty to add indefinitely to the verses or repeat them as he pleases any words at all may be taken and into a chorus as i is illustrated in the following oen en flip slip shuck corn earn little littia while tho little while little while gen aila shuck corn little littie while tho cho I latue atle alle 1118 llan while b it gen gea I im in tw twine lne homo in itt little ue while etc lete the T he finest corn song of them all is so one I ae in which the chorus is homer hower biley riley ho the words here given w were e re sojie sone of them picked u up P in southwest georgia and some mom e in other portions of the state competent judges eay say thero there is really music iu the song little bluy billy woodcock lived oer de mountain iner riley ho in er building lived billy woodcock ho ila mtr niley ho little buly woodcock got er mighty loof long bill I ho mer riley ho ue Us tuck stuck it through the mountain and ell it on tl tuther uther ilde olde ho ile mer riley ho koeum up de do cum gum stump racoon in de do holler iio tro mer riley ho rabbit in de ole feel fat as a he can waiter waller homer romer lU leyno figuer in de woodpile wood pile cont count lebn ito ho put him in ft a re feather athe r boj bell he be iva in heeti if ho did you ever SUM see er or aln ling sling made outer brandy no mer iner riley ho dd you ever bee see er gal lick c candit andy no ho mer iner elley ho there ia is one more short song whick is a duog by all ah bands hands the work of finishing liau bing the shuck shuc ingri kinZA ol 01 the tile latt wt few cars is s called ito hounding anding u ui the corn pile and is almost ma in variably in the following worda words round up double up round up corn hound up nubbins bubbins up round up corn these words are repeated over and I I I ab I over until the last of the corn is shucked chucked and the work finished ib it is fit no rare occurrence cuirence oc for a corn shucking to terminate in a row instead of a frolic if one aide side is badly beaten there is almost ure sure to be some ome a charge of fraud either that t the be rail has been moved or part of the corn of the successful party thrown over on the other side unbeknownst to them or ome some such charge these offenses off endes are common occurrences and are aided by the dikners of the light if any of these charges can be proved a first class row ensues in which ears of corn fly thick and fast rast and sometime sometimes more dangerous weapons as are used the owner of the prem premises i can always sarp them and does doe n 10 do BO go negroes have bave great respect for proprietorship and yield whenever it ia is asserted it IL is moat most often the case however that the race haa has been about an equal one and that good burner bumer prevails amid the great excitement cit ement the corn shucking shuck I ng is one of the institutions of t the h old plantations which have flourished and and expanded since the negroes wre freed with the large liberty they enjoy there has come increased social intercourse and this baa has tended to encourage social gatherings of all kinds then too the great na number aber of small farmers who have sprung up in the south since the war neos neo s mutual aid acid in larger undertakings so th that a t at this t time the corn shucking as an I institution is moat most flourishing no doubt with improved culture its a features will br be changed changed and in time deit troyed to y ed in indeed ed already it is becoming modified and the great im pro provement which the negro race is continually manifesting indicates that in time their simple son songs and rough sports mu must t yield to eigher higher demands |