The charms, or chanted verses are to entice the doodlebug out of his hole. Here are some examples.

1. Doodle, doodle, come out and get some bread and butter; Doodle, doodle, come and get a barrel of sugar.


2. Doodlebug, doodlebug, come up and get a grain of corn. Your house is burning up.


3. Doodlebug, doodlebug, come out your hole; Your house is on fire and your children will burn.


4. Doodlebug, doodlebug, come out of your house; It's burning up with your wife and all your children, except Mary-she's under the dishpan


5. Doodlebug,doodlebug, come out of your hole; If you don't, I'll beat you black as a mole.


6. Doodle, doodle, your mother and grand-daddy are dead.

--Leslie R Sapp