A water snake set too one day, And dey pick dar teeth wid dar own jaw bone. Ring de hoop, &c. WAY DOWN SOUTH IN THE WAY down South in the Alabama, Way down South in de Alabama, Before I left we danced two reels, De holler ob her foot war back ob her heels, I played on de banjo till dey all begin to sweat, Knocked on de jaw bone, an bust de claronet. Way down South, &c. Vinegar shoes and paper stockings, My Misses dead, an' I'm a widder, Way down South, &c. Dandy Jim an ole Pete dare, Two best men in human natur, De puttiest ting in all creation, Is a little yaller gal in de wild goose nation. Way down South, &c. Blow away ye gentle breezes, Dare I'll set long wid de muses, JIM CRACK CORN! I DON'T CARE F you should go in summer time, Jim crack corn 1 don't care! For massa me gave away. When I was young I used to wait, Jim crack, &c. When ole massa take his sleep, Jim crack, &c. Ole massa ride in arternoon, I follow arter wid a hickory broom, Kase he bitten by de blue tail fly. Jim crack, &c. De pony run dar jump an pitch, Jim crack, &c. Ole massa's dead now let him rest, Jim crack, &c O WHAR IS DE SPOT DAT WE WAS BORN ON? 1st voice. O whar is de spot dat we was born on ? 2d voice. Whar is de spot dat we was born on? 1st voice. Whar, O Whar, is de spot we was born on ? Full Chorus. Way down in de Carolina State. EVERY VOICE. When we go back dar to hoe de corn, 1st voice. O dar libs farder, dar libs mudder 2d voice. Dar libs sister, dar libs brudder; 1st voice. Kase old massa he hab no other. Full Chorus. To hoe de corn in Carolina State. EVERY VOICE. De nigga lubs home dar if massa don't cross him, De cane brake grow and de corn stalk Whar de coon and de little fat possum, 1st voice. We used to hab de fun on de old plantation, 2d voice. We used to hab de fun on de old plantation, 1s: voice. We used to hab de fun on de old plantation, All. Way down in de Carolina State. EVERY VOICE. We dance and sing when de days worl Live like de coons in de fields ob clover, THE NEW ROADS OF ALABAMA. OH! I lub a handsome gal, Her name is Suseanna; The roads of Alabama. CHORUS. Will you come will you come? |