American Old Time Song Lyrics: 02 Old Zip Coon
Theater, Music-Hall, Nostalgic, Irish & Historic Old Songs, Volume 2
OLD ZIP COON
As sung with great success by Bryant's Minstrels.
I went down to Sandy Hook, toder artemoon;
I went down to Sandy- Hook, toder arternoon:
I went down to Sandy Hook, toder arternoon;
And de first man I met dere was old Zip Coon.
Chorus.
Old Zip Coon is a very larned scholar,
Old Zip Coon is a very larned scholar,
Old Zip Coon is a very larned scholar,
He plays upon the banjo "Cooney in de Holler.
Old Sukey Blueskin fell in lub wid me, J
She vite me to her house to take a cup a tea;
What do you think old Suke had for de supper?
Chicken-not, sparrow-grass and apple sauce butter. - Chorus.
Did you ever see de wild-goose sail upon de ocean?
O de wild-goose motion is a very pretty motion;
And when de wild-goose winks be beckons to de swallor,
And den t B wild-goose hollor, goggle goggle gollor. - Chorus.
O my old mistress is very mad wid me,
Because I wouldn't go wid her and live in Tennessee,
Massa bui A a barn dere an put in all de fodder,
Dere was lis ting and dat ting an one ting oder.-Chorus.