Jersey Sam, Or Fifty Years Ago - song lyrics 
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Jersey Sam, or Fifty Years Ago. 
Oh! I was born in Jersey, and of that I'm going to sing; And yet it seems but yesterday, for time is on the wing. [ went down to New Orleans, and there I fought the foe, Along with Hickory Jackson, some fifty years ago. 
Chorus. For I am one of the olden time, and may be thought too slow; For I'm Jersey Sam, the farmer's man, hurrah! hurrah! hurrah. 
I bear the name of Samuel, though some they call me Sam, And through this world I rove along, as happy as I can; The world, they say, has been improved, but I should like to know If folks are any better now than fifty years ago.-Chorus. 
When I was young, then boys were boys, and went to bed at ten, But now, when they are twelve years old, they think that they are men; " You'll hear them call for rum and beer, and smoke cigars, heigh-o! What would our parents have thought of that some fifty years ago.-Chorus. 
At midnight, too, one hears young men with husky voices sing That "Champagne Charlie" is their name, and they know it's no such thing; They go to bed with a headache, at least they tell us so-I never heard of such a thing some fifty years ago.-Chorus. 
The women of the present time they cannot draw a line. But wear our hats and jackets, and appear quite masculine; They wear false hair, for it's the style, and call it their own, you know, But our girls would scorn to wear a wig some fifty years ago.-Chorus.