Sheet Music, 1910-1919
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ISBN
MUM00682, 0078
Description
Cover: photo of the Dolce Sisters (see 433); Publisher: Will Rossiter (Chicago)
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Songs -- United States -- 20th 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
Down in Alabamy, Lives a colored Mammy She's just as gray as can be; Down on the Levee, tho' Mammy's heavy, There's none can dance as she, See the pickaninnies a playing some tag, Hear the older darkies a humming a rag, Ninnies stop their tagging: Darkies stop their ragging, When ole Mammy starts to dance.
Chorus
Mammy's shufflin' dance, Mammy's shufflin' dance; Oh! you Grizzly Bear, Cubanola Glide None of them compare, with ole mammy's slide Balmy morning in June, Banjos playing a tune; I wish I was home again, so I could hear again mammy's little shufflin' Dance in the morning Mammy's little shufflin' dance. Mammy's shufflin' dance, Mammy's shufflin' dance; Oh! you Grizzly Bear, Cubanola Glide None of them compare, with ole mammy's slide Balmy morning in June, Banjos playing a tune; I wish I was home again, so I could hear again mammy's little shufflin' Dance in the morning Mammy's little shufflin' dance.
Second verse
Down in Alabamy, Preacher said, now Mammy Don't do that shufflin' dance. Sure it's a winner, but, you old sinner, You're much too old to chance, Mammy said, now preacher, I means no harm, Then she went and grabbed him right by the arm. Soon they were a slidin', Soon they both were glidin' While the preacher laughed with glee.
(Chorus)
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