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CHRISTY's Nigga Songster
CHRISTY's Nigga Songster
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JIM JAWBONE
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WALK IN JOE.
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DE OLE BANJO;
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Some did hiss, an some ob 'um crow,
Kase dey wanted Lull wid de ole banjo.
My ole missus, &c.
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DE OYSTER BOAT.
TUNE.—The Bonnie Boat.
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LARNED NIGGER.
AIR.—Learned Man
Oh! I'm de black Professor Chalk,
Dat's just arrived from great New York,
To you Poor Whites I'm going to talk
To 'lighten you if I can;
I've proved de learned Doctors fools
And pushed Professors from der stools,
In fact, I've puzzled all de schools
Since de day I first began.
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JENNY LIND.
AIR.—Lucy Neal
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DE VENUS OB OHIO
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DE NIGGA'S TEAR.
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I'se sawed two dollars by de cat's gut,
Now to bed I'll go.
For I has got some wood to saw,
By time de chickens crow.
Oh dere'll be a stormy morning,
De wind begins to blow,
Dere'll be a stormy morning,
De wind begins to blow.
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OLE WURGINNY.
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To de fair,
Dar sweet applause to share.
Come with de darkey band, &c.
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His sarmon de frogs from de clam
And dey sung a croakin meter psalm.
Ring de hoop, &c.
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AIR.—Zip Coon.
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A SERENADE
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SPOKEN. She. Now Mr. Sam Sluffheel, as you is in, I wants to expostulate
wid you, I wants to know what nigger wench dat was, you was goin ober to
Hobuckem wid.
He. Why dat was Miss Araminta Peachblossom, to be sure—why?
She. Oh, noting, only I taught if she opened her mouth once, they would
hab to stop the paddle, or she would hab swallowed up all de machinery,
dat's all!
He. Yes, an' I wants to know what nigger dat was you was perambulating
up Broadway wid de oder night?
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He. Well, Mr. Jerombus, and Mr. Juberbus, is much de same, especially
Mr. Juberbus; now look here, Miss Fanny, suypose you show us some ob
dem Highland Fling touches you danced for Fanny Elssler de oder night.
She. Well I spose I must if it is only to oblige you, you are so insinuatory.
[Dances the Cachuca.]
FADER MILLER;
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TUNE.—Maid of Cashmere.
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CHORUS.
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CHORUS
DEAREST MAY.
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(Spoken.) Golly, she can sing, she once sung so high dat she neber went to
bed until de sun shone on—
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SWEEP OH!
CYNTHIA SUE.
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MARY BLANE.
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SUSY BROWN.
BUFFALO GALS.
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SUKE OF TENNiSSEE.
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LUCY NEALE.
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UNCLE GABRIEL.
CHORUS.
Do cum along, ole Sandy, boy,
Oh do cum along, oh do;
What did Unclke Gabriel say?
Ginney can't you come along toe!
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HAPPY NIGGERS.
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HAMLET.
AIR—"Jim Crow."
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TUNE—Clar de Kitchen.
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OH, SUSANNA.
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CHORUS.
Oh, Susanna, don't you cry for me,
He come from Alabama,
With his banjo on his knee.
I'll soon be down in New Orleans, and den I'll run around,
An if I see Susanna, I'll fall upon de ground,
But if I do not see her, this darky'l surely die,
And when I'm dead and buried, Susanna don't you cry.
Oh, Susanna, &c.
I jump'd aboard de telegraph, an trabelled down de ribber,
The 'lectric fluid magnified and killed four hundred nigga,
De bullgine bust, de horse run off, I really thought to die,
I shut my eyes to hold my breath, Susanna don't you cry.
Oh, Susanna, &c.
UNCLE NED.
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