ON THE TRAIL OF NEGRO FOLK-SONGS
A Collection Of Negro Traditional & Folk Songs with Sheet Music Lyrics & Commentaries - online book
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SETTIN' ON A RAIL |
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rail, Ha-ha! Ha-ha, Ha-ha, Ha-ha! Sleepin'might - y sound.
And up to him I slowly creeped, And up to him I slowly creeped, And up to him I slowly creeped, And I cotch him by de tail, And I cotch him by de tail, And I cotch him by de tail, Ha-ha! Ha-ha, Ha-ha, Ha-ha I And I yank him off dat rail.
This is an old version of the song I have found, with no ascription of authorship and no copyright, a fact that indicates its age, at least, whether it be an old minstrel song or a genuine folk-song:
As I walked out by de light ob de moon, So merrily singing dis same tune, I cum across a big raccoon,
A-sittin' on a rail, sitthV on a rail,
Sittin' on a rail, sittin' on a rail, SleephV wery sound.
I at de raccoon take a peep, An' den so softly to him creep, I found de raccoon fast asleep,
An' pull him off de rail, pull him off de rail,
Pull him off de rail, pull him off de rail, An' fling him on de ground.
De raccoon 7gan to scratch and bite, I hit him once wid all my might, I bung he eye an' spile he sight, |
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