Sheet Music, 1834-1899
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ISBN
MUM00682, 0028
Description
Cover: description reads darky song; Publisher: Oliver Ditson Company (Boston)
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Songs -- United States -- 19th Century; Popular Music -- United States
Relational Format
music score
Original Format
scores
Original Collection
Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Lyrics
Lyrics:
First verse
H'm H'm When I was a little Baby, I remember long ago Daddy would sit all ebnin and play de ole banjo. Mammy den would call me honey,Take me up upon her knee, And foldin' me to her bossom Would sing dis song to me,
Chorus
Doan ye cry, ma honey, Doan ye weep no mo', Mammy's gwine to hold her baby, All de udder black trash sleepin' on de flo', Mammy only lubs her boy. Doan ye cry, ma honey, Doan ye weep no mo', Mammy's gwine to hold her baby, All de udder black trash sleepin' on de flo', mammy only lubs her boy.
Second verse
H'm H'm When I got emancipation, Den I t'ought I'd like to roam, I left de ole plantation to find a northern home. Soon I got ma dear ole Dinah, Den ma pickaninny Jim, And Dinah would hold him closely And sing dis song to him,
(Chorus)
Third Verse
H'm H'm Now Ise getting ole and weary now ma hair is turning gray, I is so drefful lonely Since Dinah went away Mammy too I know is waitin', Standin' on de shinin' sho', I gladly would give ma freedom, To hear her sing once mo' (Chorus)
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