ON THE TRAIL OF NEGRO FOLK-SONGS

A Collection Of Negro Traditional & Folk Songs with Sheet Music Lyrics & Commentaries - online book

	n6	NEGRO FOLK-SONGS
	Oh, my love, di-dee-o, oh, my love, di-dee-o, Oh, my love, di-dee-o, oh, my love, di-dee-o! Ain't dat nice, di-dee-o, ain't dat nice, di-dee-o, Ain't dat nice, di-dee-o, ain't dat nice, di-dee-o? The words to the next have little coherence or logic, evidently being used merely as an excuse to bring in the directions of stealing up in the dance. MY MAMMY STOLED A COW
	Steal up, young ladies, My mammy stoled a cow. Steal up, my darlin' chile, My mammy stoled a cow. Chorus Stoled dat cow in Baltimo', My mammy stoled a cow. Stoled dat cow in Baltimo', My mammy stoled a cow. Steal all round, don't slight no one, My mammy stoled a cow; Steal all round, don't slight no one, My mammy stoled a cow. Chorus The following song was heard sung by slaves in York County, South Carolina, by Dr. W. F. More, when he was a boy: