You'll find the giant list of contents below and in addition to what you see there, the book also contains appx. 100 pages of songs, poetry, and prose "in the folk style" by authors such as Paul Laurence Dunbar, Robert Hayden, Melvin Tolson, and many others.
As you can see, unlike Zora Neale Hurston, Hughes and Bontemps follow the convention of animal tales coming first. The links below go directly to the book page at the Internet Archive:
Animal Tales. Tar Baby /
Rabbit Teaches Bear a Song /
Brer Rabbit and Sis Cow /
Why Brer Rabbit Wears a 'Round-'bout /
Playing Godfather /
Why the Fox's Mouth is Sharp /
The Watcher Blinded /
Brer Fox and the Foobers /
The Fox and the Goose /
Ole Sis Goose /
Sheer Crops /
John and the Lion /
The Animal Court /
De Knee-High Man /
Terrapin /
Why Br' Gator's Hide is so Horny
Animal Rhymes. The Rooster and the Chicken /
Little Rooster /
Once Upon a Time /
Greedy /
He Is My Horse /
Bedbug /
Grasshopper /
Buzzard /
So It Happened /
Miss Terrapin and Miss Toad /
Frog Went A-Courting /
The Frog /
Persimmon Tree /
Tails /
Lucky Foot /
Rabbit Soup /
Rabbit Hash /
Fox and Rabbit /
Bat /
Fish /
Sheep and Goat /
Goat and Sheep /
Woodpecker /
Little Dogs /
Did You Feed My Cow?
Memories of Slavery. Unwritten History /
Big Sixteen /
All God's Chillen Had Wings /
Elijah's Leaving Time /
Den to de Fiah /
A Laugh That Meant Freedom /
How Buck Won His Freedom /
How Uncle Steve Interpreted Spanish /
Swapping Dreams /
Uncle Israel and the Law /
Dey's Auganized /
The Prophet Vindicated /
Abraham Explains His Master's Shot /
Uncle Pleas's Prayer /
Lias' Revelation /
Hold the Book up Higher, John /
Bringing Home the Bear /
Voices in the Graveyard /
Uncle Bob's Voyage to New England /
Bubber's 'Rithmetic /
Uncle John's Prophetic Error /
Pompey an de Lawd /
Slave Song /
Promises of Freedom /
A Slave's Riddle /
Memories of Slavery
Sometimes in the Mind. High John de Conquer /
Conjuration /
The Bury League /
Big Swamps of the Congaree /
An Escaped Convict /
Falling Stars /
Ugly /
Tad's Advice to His Son /
Old Sister's Advice to Her Daughters /
Plantation Proverbs /
Aphorisms
God, Man, and the Devil. The Rock /
The Word the Devil Made Up /
Christmas Gift /
Figure and Fancy /
The Man WHo Went to Heaven from Johnstown /
Little Eight John /
De Ways of de Wimmens /
He Heard the Bullet Twice /
Mother Wit /
Who Dat Darken de Hole? /
Lula /
Ruint
Do You Call That a Preacher? The Farmer and G.P.C. /
The Superfluous Brains /
The Three Preachers /
The Preacher and His Farmer Brother /
A Job for God /
Little Bill's Conversation with God /
Reverend Carter's Twelfth Anniversary Sermon /
The Wrong Man in the Coffin /
What Major Buford Knew /
How Elder Samuels Was Saved /
Sister Liza and the New Pastor /
The Old Preacher's Will and the Young Wife /
Future World Difficulties /
Playing Again for the Same Goods /
Origin of Races /
Group Pride /
Democratizing Heaven /
Doctrine of Election /
Denominationalism /
An Exclusive Church /
Thanksgiving /
Confession /
The Two Ducks /
The Crow
Ghost Stories. Ghost /
The Headless Hant /
Jack-ma-Lantern /
Hold Him, Tabb /
Some New Orleans Ghosts /
The Hairy Toe /
Wait till Emmett Comes /
Tailypo /
Daid Aaron /
Louis Alexander /
A Roost on the Rim of the Moon
Black Magic and Chance. Origin of the Voodoo Cult /
Hoodoo /
Rites /
Anatol Pierre /
Concerning the Dead /
Conjure Doctors /
Hoodoo Prescriptions /
Black Magic /
Black Art Used to Influence People /
Voodoo and Witches /
Witches Who Ride /
Hags and Horses /
Aids to the Lovelorn /
Weddings /
South Carolina Superstitions /
Names for Dice Numbers /
Dice Shooting Song /
Reading for the Deck /
Let the Deal Go Down /
Song of 4-11-44 /
New Orleans Lottery Shops /
The Hit
Amen Corner. De Sun Do Move /
Behold the Rib! /
The Wounds of Jesus /
Jeff's Funeral Sermon /
Sister Lucy /
Silas /
The Harps of God /
God /
The Remnant /
Dry Bones /
Prayer /
Same God /
Prayer for Teacher /
Hooked in the Heart /
My Jaws Became Unlocked /
God Struck Me Dead /
A Love Letter from de Lord /
The Lord Spoke Peace to My Soul /
Wild Goose Nest /
A Letter from Father Divine /
Remarks of Mother Divine /
A Transparent Airplane /
No Pushbutton God
Spirituals. The Spirituals /
Do, Lord, Remember Me /
Motherless Child /
City Called Heaven /
No More Auction Block /
Go Down, Moses /
Savious, Don't Pass Me By /
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen /
Every Time I Feel the Spirit /
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot /
Steal Away /
Deep River /
I God a Home in Dat Rock /
Where Shall I Be When the First Trumpet Sound? /
God's Gonna Set Dis World on Fire /
Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep /
Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho /
Now Let Me Fly /
Get on Board, Little Children /
Hand Me Down My Silver Trumpet /
Sit Down /
Rise and Shine /
There's a Little Wheel A-Turnin' /
Go Tell It on the Mountain /
Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow /
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy /
Wasn't That a Mighty Day /
What You Gonna Name That Pretty Little Baby? /
Were You There When They Crucified My Lord? /
Delilah /
When the Saints Go Marching In
Gospel Songs. Rock, Church, Rock! /
Take My Hand, Precious Lord /
What Could I Do? /
If I Can Just Make It In /
Build Me a Cabin /
Move On Up a Little Higher /
99 1/2 Won't Do /
When I Touch His Garment /
I Know It Was the Lord /
He Went on a Man's Bond /
Father Divine's Greetings to the Universe
Pastime Rhymes. Love /
When I Go to Marry /
Roses Red /
Day /
Here I Stand /
She Hugged Me and Kissed Me /
Vinie /
Precious Things /
Take Yo' Time, Miss Lucy /
Slave Marriage Ceremony Supplement /
Love Is Just a Thing of Fancy /
Does I Love Your /
A Short Letter /
I'm a Round-Town Gent /
Mistake /
A Sick Wife /
Old Woman in the Hills /
Miss Rinner /
Disgrace /
Louisiana Women /
Homely /
Ancestry /
Aunt Dinah /
Deacons /
The Devil /
Indications /
Don't Sing /
Uncle Jerry Fants /
Aunt Kate /
Still Water /
A Toast /
Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me /
Mother Says I'm Six Years Old
Ballads. John Henry /
Dupree and Betty Blues /
Frankie Baker /
De Ballit of de Boll Weevil /
Bad Man /
Captain Lord Welton /
Poor Lazarus /
Stackalee /
Stackolee (Harlem version) /
The Signifying Monkey /
Sinking of the Titanic /
Roosevelt and Hitler
Blues. The Blues as Folk Poetry /
Just Blues /
Good Morning Blues /
See, See Rider /
Careless Love /
Southern Blues /
Joe Turner /
Dink's Blues /
Mamie Desdume's Blues /
Traditional Blues Verses /
How Long Blues
Work Songs. Take This Hammer /
Railroad Man /
Can't You Line It /
Mule on de Mount /
Chilly Win' Don' Blow /
lt Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad /
South Carolina Chain Gang Song /
Hyah Come de Cap'm /
Go Down, Ol' Hannah /
Pity a Poor Boy /
Hammer Song /
Good Morning, Captain /
Pick a Bale of Cotton /
Alabama Bound
Street Cries. Street Cries of an Old Southern City /
Watermelon Vendor's Cry /
Waffle Man's Cry /
Cala Vendor's Cry /
Oyster Man's Cry /
Six Negro Market Songs of Harlem
Playsongs and Games. Chickama, Chickama-Craney Crow /
Hide and Seek /
Counting Out Rhymes /
Did-You Game /
Yes Ma'm /
Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me /
Lil Liza Jane (multiple versions) /
Give That Gal Some Cake /
Old Cow Died /
Play Verses /
Sweet Notasulga /
Old Lady Sally /
Aunt Dinah's Dead /
Chula, Lu! /
Mary Mack /
Rosie, Darling Rosie /
Bluebird, Bluebird /
Harlem Children's Rhymes and Gags
The Jazz Folk. Jelly Roll Morton /
Bunk Johnson /
Joe Oliver /
Louis Armstrong /
Preston Jackson /
Bessie Smith /
Billie Holiday
Harlem Jive. First Steps in Jive /
Harlem Jive Talk, Idioms, Folk Expressions /
Rhymed Jive /
Willie Cool Digs the Scene /
There Is a Square in My Hair, I Do Declare /
Here I Come with My Hair Blowing Back /
The Barefoot Boy /
Bopster Stories /
When to Hip a Child /
Respect for Work /
A Cold Winter
The "Problem." Heads, I Win-Tails, You Lose /
The Way of a Newspaper /
The Evolution of Suspicions /
Can't Fool the Experts /
Passing the Buck /
Deep South /
The Other Side of the River /
Respect for Law /
Discretion /
Due Respect /
Good Mornin' Alligator /
Down Home /
Lucky /
On a Streetcar /
Desegregation /
Saturday Night /
On the Rail /
Right-Off-Right-On /
The Whole Wide World /
Neutrality /
Father to Son /
Bus Ride /
Lenox Avenue Dialogue /
Thermometer: Negro Domestics /
Black Cats /
Plantation Help /
Work /
Lord's Prayer /
Just the Same /
Dixie Mother Goose /
You can find out more about both Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps at Wikipedia... and now: enjoy! Wherever you jump into this enormous book, I am sure you will find something you will want to read.
by Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps
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