"Jump Jim Crow" Lyrics
"Come listen all you gals and boys, I's just from Tuckyhoe;
I'm going to sing a little song, my name's Jim Crow. Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and Jump Jim Crow. Oh I'm a roarer on de fiddle, and down in Virginny They say I play de skyentific like Massa Peganini Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and Jump Jim Crow. I went down to de ribber, I didn't mean to stay But dere I see so many glas, I couldn't get away. Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and Jump Jim Crow. I get 'pon a flat boat, I cotch de Uncle Same Dey I went to see de place wher' dey kill'd Packenham. Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and Jump Jim Crow. And den I go to Orleans, an' feel so ful of fight, Dey put me in de Calaboosc, and keep me dare all night. Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and Jump Jim Crow. When I go out I hit a man, his name I now forgot But there was nothing left 'cept a little grease spot. Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and Jump Jim Crow. I whip my weight in wild cats, I eat an alligator, And tear up more ground dan kifer fifty load of tater. Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and Jump Jim Crow. I sit upon a hornet's nest, I dance upon my head, I tie a wipor 'round my neck and den I goes to bed. Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and Jump Jim Crow. Dere's possum up de gumtree, and racoon in de hallow, Wake snakes, for June bugs stole my half a dollar. Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and Jump Jim Crow. A ring tailed monkey an' a rib-nose baboon Went out de odder day to spend de afternoon Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and Jump Jim Crow. On, de way dey bake de hoe cake in old Virginny neber tire Dey put de doc upon de foot and hole it to de fire Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and Jump Jim Crow. O, by trade I am a carpenter, but, be it understood De way I git my liben' is sawing de tick ob wood. Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and Jump Jim Crow. I'm a full-blooded niggar, ob de real ole stock, An' wid my head and shoulder I can split a horse block. Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and Jump Jim Crow. I struck a Jarsey niggar, in de street de oder day And I hope I neber stir, if he didn't turn gray. Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and Jump Jim Crow. I'm berry much afraid of late dis jumping will be no good For while de Crow are dancing de Wiles will saw de wood. Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and Jump Jim Crow. But if dey get honest by sawing wood like slaves Dare's an end to de business ob our friend Massa Hayes. Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and Jump Jim Crow. I met a Philadelphia niggar, dressed up quite nice and clean But de way he 'bused de Yorkers I thought he was berry mean. Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and Jump Jim Crow. So I knocked down dis Sambo, and shut up his light For I'm just aout as sassy as if I was half white. Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and Jump Jim Crow. But he soon jumped up again, and "gan for me to feel" Says I, "Go away, you nigger, or I'll skin you like an eel." Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and jump Jim Crow. I'm so glad dat I'm a niggar, and don't you wish you was too" (Kenrick) |
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