ཀའ་ DANDY JIM, FROM CAROLINE Like Dandy Jim, from Caroline. I was the de best looking nigga in de I look in de glass an found 'twas so, I drest myself from top to toe, Wid pantaloons strapped down behind, For my ole massa, &c. De bull dog cleared me out ob de yard, She got my card an wrote me a letter, For my ole massa, &c. Oh, beauty is but skin deep, To Mrs. Dandy Jim from Caroline. For my ole massa &c. An ebery little nig she had, I took dem all to church one day, For my ole massa, &c. An when de preacher took his text, I was de best looking niggar in de country, 0. I look in de glass, and found 'twas so, Just what ole massa tole me, O! IN DE WILD RACKOON TRACK. In de wild rackoon track, At de break ob de morn, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, I hab crossed de Mississippi, I hab kissed de black gals lippy, But de happiest time were in ole Caro lina, When dis nigga fall in lub wid a gal named Dinah. Ha, ha, &c. Her lips war white, her eyes war brite, Her voice war berry clear, Her lips war big, she could sing like a pig, Her mouth stretched from ear to ear. Ha, ha, &c. DE BIG WHITE MOON AM SHINING. AIR.-The Young May Moon is beaming, Lov8. Он, de big white moon am shinin, lub, De big Tom cat is whinin, lub, Come let us meet, Down in Small Street, Our arms each other twinin, lub. Den get up, de heabens am bright, my dear, Gist like your eye, so white, my dear. For de best ob all way, To be up before day, Is to rise in de middle ob de night, my dear. Now all de darkies am sleepin, lub, An de watch from his box am peepin, lub, While I watch for my load, As de snake watch de toad. Until you come down here creepin, lub. Den git up, let us fly, my dear, We'll cut dirt out town, By de light of your big white eye, my dear. THE GUINEA MAID. TUNE.-The Alpine Maid. THERE lived in a place I forget, I went to her house to see if she was in, She was down at the store a buying some gin. La, la, la, &c. A dashing young niggar come by, I went to her house which stands in de wood, Miss Dinah I know keeps something dats good. La, la, la, &c. Her teeth is de colour of snow, Dat all of your darkies does know,La, la, la, la. Her eyes like de diamond does brightly shine, Dares none in dis place like my lovely Dine. La, la, la, &c. |