Good Evenin'/ music by Will Marion Cook; words by Paul Laurence Dunbar

              Lyrics:
First verse
walkin' down de street deother evenin' Kinder late. Jes a thinkin' a to a mah sef' How when it comes to runnin' de race wid ole man fate Dat I allus a had a been lef' De hoses I'd been backin' hadn't nevah seen de wire. De bones had gone astray When I spied a little damsel wid an' eye of teasin' fire An', to huh I did say: Good
Chorus
Evenin' Won't you take a mah ahm? Good evenin'(2x) I do'n mean a no ha'm Dat gal she flashed on me huh eye. An'as she fluttred I do'n mean a no ha'm De way he used me was a sin An'jes befo' he gailyly She waved huh han' an made reply: Good evenin' Good nin' locked me in Sez he: "" Next time buy better gin."" Good evenin'. Good nin'.
Second verse
took it fu' encouragement an' so I went along, Fu' I sholy a laked a dat chile I tried to ketch huh ‘tention wid a little bit O' song But she was a runnin' wil I took mah place beside huh fu' I was playin swell I used mah fines' way I raised mah hat to s'lute huh when dat gal let off a yell An’ a great big cop did say Good




(Chorus)