American Negro Folklore (1968)

[Alice Faber]

Mark A. Mandel wrote:
> Wilson inquires:
>
>>Old Dan Tucker was a fine old man,
>>Washed his face in a fryin' pan,
>>Combed his hair with a wagon wheel,
>>Died with the toothache in his heel.
>>
>>          ---Old Minstrel Song, "Old Dan Tucker"
>>
>>JL
>
>
> Is this the same song that has the verse (or chorus?):
>
> Get out of the way of old Dan Tucker
> Too late to get his supper
> Supper's over and dinner's cookin'
> Old Dan Tucker just standin' there lookin'
>
> Wilson, just wondering
> <<<<
>
> Yup. (Though I learned it with "breakfast" instead of "dinner".)

Aha...somebody else for whom "dinner" and "supper" can refer to the same
meal!

Alice Faber