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TABi.S OF COHTSHT3. 
 
 My .X-iK-j'uv-:-:; Fl.>m«.(;;>;vl ni-ht r u;9 1 
 
 G*oim\ i-T , 'i 
 
 !,Hy Hftru ;; 
 
 M<.n^ i'.jr njr (lo-:t-« ill ii'jn'ti.-^kr -t 
 
 Wt!) n^Yri'.ojr ^-al Mar.}' m* /. 
 
 TaVfi Tt* if<n>ir> \ 
 
 SSw'a \iU(t'i *'.i '■ <":iit:.<! u'* .Uati«r ' ' 
 
 f-«.»f I'n.n:'- ^. 7 
 
 Tbe Jc>j!j»M IJroT ■{ 
 
 I'oor oli J.*<<y .) 
 
 "J'tee ll> o -f .Vi-.ii.ar-, \ 13 
 
 &t>.'»»^baj y's i a lie H otMs wM dupe r H 
 
 itosa !.«■* or don't be fo'ti^h J.)« .'. li 
 
 xr« ar« ooiirij, Sister 5kliry M 
 
 i: phnu Di A Laysoat. ... I* 
 
 IKfarts*; i!ae If» 
 
 Sailj Weaver ;.-, 
 
 o L«.i Cr*' • ; : 
 
 N«Tr Me iU^r , ^ 
 
 Wave aLitM« Uanc-* 2() 
 
 IPare •>iee well, Kht? ' ien- - : 
 
 Owl-e t/j nr.n .lU night. I'i 
 
 Nelly wa/'. a 1 ,a ly ^5 
 
 Oh, t<<;s»<ij'iH, -St 
 
 (HJ Bob Kii!.T 25, 
 
 Nancy Till . . .". ?fi 
 
 Oh, iJoja cirry lue !'> |jj ..,..,.. H 
 
 tlal w»4 ce bind dress oa ; 29 
 
 Louisiana Dvlie. .'iO 
 
 MtiVnN in -!« cold g run ivl.. -'U 
 
 My Vjlley Hosnc, f-xul br-j. 3i 
 
 Ti^lW of BAi'~iiaf>r« 3H 
 
 F*rtj vr»u wfU ., H 
 
 ©orfk S.^» . . . , ; ... mS 
 
 yeHow Ifcori'-^ )>' T- iii W 
 
 FRO M- 
 
 "THE OLD BOOK STORE." 
 
 38 Marietta Street, 
 Opposite Opera House. 
 
 Old Books, Magazines and Con- 
 federate Money Bought 
 and Sold. 
 
 SCHOOL BOol^ SPECIALTY^ 
 All Goods far below regular Pric en. 
 
COXrON. FIELD MELODIES." 
 
 MT OLD KENTUCKY HOME, GOOD IHGHT 
 
 Th« pun shinies bright in the old Rfntiicky horae, 
 
 lis Kummfcr, the darkies are ro v. 
 T.1ie coro-top's ripe and the meadc'Ws in tho bloom^ 
 
 While the birJamako muMk- all the daf. 
 The rounj folk,^ roll on the littk cabin floor, 
 
 AH merry, all happy an<l bright ; 
 By-'n-by bar. I tiiuos roinosa-kjif^ckingat the door — 
 
 Thea my old Kfatucky home, jooil ai^'h(. 
 
 Oh : we«p n« mor* io-dftj. 
 W» will sWij oaw »onj for tU* •M E.«ntJR^ )>•<■•. 
 jr«r tho »ld K«n.aekj hoci«, fiu ftw*7- ' \^t 
 
 Thftv hunt uo more for the pof«n'ii and the ortoa 
 
 *0a tho moodovr, th" Lill. an I tha thone ; 
 "Diey slug uo more by the glimtuer ot thuiaoc.>a, 
 
 On the bcu'jh by the old oabim <Joor. 
 The day j^ocs by liko « rUadow o'er th« heart, 
 
 With wirroiv wher*; all was delight— - 
 The time has come whe" the darkies h&vo \A}~*ri, 
 
 Then my old Kentu-^ky home, gool-uJiiljl. ' 
 CBoaca.— W*«p do irioro, a/ 1a4j, k.t. 
 
 The head must bow >>Jid the back will hiivo to W -^i.i 
 
 Wherever tho daikey may go ; 
 A ' . iv more days, and the troublu all will end 
 
 In th« field where the suj/ar canes ^ow 
 A few more days for to toto the vrcary lorvJ— 
 
 N« matter, 'twill ncv«f be light ; 
 
Si C01TOX riRL» K&LODIH. 
 
 A l'«iw more (lay ^ till we totter onthfi T(>a<l. 
 
 llioo, my aid Kentucky iiome, good liight t 
 
 CBOSCS,— Weep c*>raore, nsj larf!j, ice. 
 
 « 
 
 GOOD OLD JEFF. 
 
 Tis just one year ago," to-day, 
 
 That 1 remetjiber well, 
 1 eat down by poor Nelly's side, 
 
 And a story gho did tell ; 
 'Twas about a poor old darkey, Jeflv 
 
 That liveel for many a year, 
 But now he's dead and in his grarr*, 
 
 No trouble does he fear, 
 
 , . CHORUS. 
 
 For good old Jeff hae gone tj rest, 
 "We kuow that he is free — 
 Disturb him not, but let Lioi r«£t 
 Waj down in Tenncsr-ce. 
 
 Shfi took rny ftrnn, we walked alonf 
 
 Into an open field, 
 And then she p'lused to breathe awhila, 
 
 Then to his iSirave did steal;; 
 She fat down by that little mound, 
 
 And ftoft'y wliispared there — 
 ••Come to me, father 'lis thy child," 
 
 Then gently dropped a t-sar. 
 CBonTis — Jot good old Jeff &c« 
 
 But since that time how things havff ohaugod- 
 
 Poor Kelly, that was my bride, 
 Is laid beneath ihe cold grave eod 
 
 Down by her father's side. 
 1 planted thera upon her graTo 
 
 The weep ng-will'jw tree, 
 I bathed its roota with many a If ar, 
 
 That it might thelttsr lae.' 
 cSARts— For Goca old J«ff, &«. 
 
COITO.V PIBtO lfSL0D]S3. • 
 
 LILY DALE. 
 
 Twas a calia, dear night, and the moon'« pale light 
 
 > hone soft o'er hill and vale, 
 Whensacl-hearte i friends stood around thedcath-beJ 
 
 Of my poor, sn-eet Lily Dale ! 
 
 CHORI'S. 
 O, Lily : RWMt LUr ! de»f Lily T)»le : 
 Now tho wild roses wavj o'er her little ffreen ct»t*. 
 'Neata te« tre«i io the blooming F*ie ! 
 
 Like a fair flower white, on that sad, scHl ni;^h':, 
 
 Swept by some icy ^ale. 
 On ^er couch of snow, in her benuty bright, 
 
 Lay ray denr, Bwect Lily Dale ! 
 
 OHoaw.— 0, LiJj ! swoct Lilj I dear Lilj Dal« .' ic. 
 
 "I go." aod she smiled, .%=< we wept o'er the ch'ld, 
 
 *'To that eiulcss. happy vale, 
 Wiicn; a kind hand shall wlpt? all nain from the brow 
 
 Of your tKtor, d ar Lily Dale !'' 
 
 oHoacB — O, Lily ! r*'« I-J'T '■ sweet Lily Da!a : Ac. 
 
 The moon went down *ueath the forest bro^n, 
 
 And tho stars grew dim and pale, 
 A»nd the death smile wreathc-d the white, cold Ups, 
 .Of my poor, lost Lily Dftle ! 
 
 OHOErf;. — 0, Lily ! swoet Lily ! dear Lily Dale ! &e. 
 
 Where the flower's bloom o'er her lonely tomb, 
 
 'Neoth the trees of the leafy vale ; 
 Sv<;eetly Rleej-vcth in peace, while the brig;ht birds slug 
 
 My loved, my dear Lily D«le ! 
 
 CHoRCi — 0, Lily : p*le Lily I lost Lily D»l« I Ac. 
 
 Johnson, w'.iat is noxt to tu oyster i 1 d> »•>* 
 know. Why, the Rhell \o be sure. 
 
4 , COnoK liBiD KBi-ODII*. 
 
 I LONG JOS MY HOKE IK KSFIUCX. 
 
 1 Icmj,, liow 1 long for my home in Kcutuck. 
 
 With its fields where I labored, go green, 
 Wheie the possum and the coon, aud the juicy wild 
 duck, 
 
 And the 'baeco so prime, I h&yc seen : 
 ThQxe I've fished from the bunks of the Masolla creek 
 
 And oft, in the shad© of tho night. 
 Have I watched frith my gun, nigh ihe old Salt Lick, 
 
 For the game as it come to my sl^ht. 
 
 iKOROS.— Titer* U x&j *\d eabin kom«, 
 
 Tlitr* i» Eijr ■iittri aad brother, 
 
 Tfcer* 5« m? wife, joy of var lift, 
 
 Mj •Stviii, *tkd t]a» f r»T« of mj mothtr. 
 
 Ili&t hut, my de*r home, aiy log-eabin lK>me, 
 
 With the bencji that I stood at the door, 
 Where weary at night, from my work I would «ome» 
 
 And there rest, ere I stepped on its floor. 
 ITie calabash viae, that then clung to its walls ; 
 
 Oh ! 'tis dear in my memory still to cue, 
 Arid my master, who lires in his own handsom«?' hi,]\» 
 
 Not so happy as tken I could be. 
 
 tl0BC8.~Ti<tr« ii Bsj «W f.Abia korot, *c. 
 
 But that cabin h tar, far away ii-om me now. 
 
 I am far from the scc-nes that I lore, 
 Far away from thst wif»^ who once hef.rd me row 
 
 That forerer I faithlui would prove — 
 My friends are still there, aad itill there it? my child, 
 
 And still tlieve, all in life, 1 most crave — 
 Still there is that mound, with iU flowers so Tf iid. 
 
 That cOTers my o!d mother's grave. 
 
 *«.>KtrK.— T«»r» i-i mj »W eaWn hocae, tf. 
 
 Winy aT« the ^-Itnples on ft man'a face or no{«e, like 
 
 ihe eni^^ra-diigw of & naws^-apcr? ]k-cK6*j they are th^ 
 iyiQstmtloni of punch. 
 
WILL 2T0 TALLES GAL KASKY K£ * 
 
 All ta© gals aw getting marrieJ, dioppiag offoa eytj 
 
 side — a 
 i\b, I fear too long I'vo tarriad, Mckiv^, ligbing for 
 
 a bride — 
 Seeking, sighin.^ for a bride ; 
 LictcD uow, all dark^j beauties, I am aandcomc M j** 
 
 see- 
 Win no yaller gal marrr, marry, will do jailer gtl 
 
 marry m« f 
 
 I couH )ret a trooping widow ».lrn-?»t any day, cf eoiira«, 
 Or a lady rendered single, by a— by a lat«» divorce ' 
 jJat I wan*, a pretty ruie-bud, fall of fun and full vf 
 
 glee- 
 Will DO yaller gal marrj, marry, will no yaller gal 
 
 marry me 1 
 
 vh ! in pity, dan't dsny mo, let me tnJ lbl» waafy liPf* ; 
 I could fi<vicii the wide Atlaniic, oould I thereby gMa 
 
 a wi(e ; 
 I'm in earueit, I am pleading hers upon my beaded 
 
 knee — 
 Will no yaller gal marry, m^iry lill no ya'.i«r f%l 
 
 marry me 1 
 
 Sfo^o. 
 
 All \e orer, I am married, what a hailyfool wa« I — 
 Wbero'a tbe end of all oreatioc ? let, oh, lei me hither 
 
 fly- • 
 Help ! oh, help me, M'tter Lawyer, eat the rv-pe aad mi 
 
 me free, 
 I will Mil myielf forerer, if you will unaxwry sae ' 
 
 Wk*t one ktteria th« alphiUt wUl spell the word 
 
 potatoo ? The letter 0, put ihttm conu ojw at a 
 tJae unUl you have put eight o'«. 
 
 Why is R I'-fiky barrel iike • -X'-waid • 2caiM.fi 14 
 run*. 
 
TAKE ME HOME. 
 
 T&l*s u:e h.ai? to tbo piaffe where I first saw tlid l\ghl-. 
 
 To tlio Sweet sunny South, tako mo homo, 
 Wheve tho mocking bird sung ma to r&Et m&vj ujght-^ 
 
 Ah I why was i tempted to roam ! 
 I think witlj regret of the dear home I left, 
 
 Of the warm iiearts that sheltered me then, 
 Oftlio wifa, find the dee-r oaes ot whom I'm boi&lt, 
 
 AiM 1 .'•ijjh for the old place ag.-ua. 
 
 csoars. - 
 J^ake TOel.'OfMf! to the place where my littls osea i'^'iiv 
 
 Peor uiMSna iiwH buried clob* by, . 
 O'^r tha '/j&v^si «f the 'oved oj-es I loag to waep, 
 
 Aiiti a;i»oi)g thera tcii'-^st -wh®!! I die. 
 
 Tako dae homo toiho place ^vLore the orange trees ^^rcw 
 
 To rdy eoL iushe evergreen b'hado, 
 V/bert' tho jijwers on tho river'g greeu margin may 
 . ^ ^low _ ~ :', 
 
 Their FW,';ets on the barsk where we pinyed. 
 Tlio }i;ith to our cottage they say has grown green.. 
 
 And the place i3 quiro lonely around. 
 And I kmm that tbo ?icilce and the forms T hare ceeUv 
 
 Now lie duep ia the dark mox-y ground, 
 
 Take me home, let mo see wbjit i? Itfl that i' kntvr— 
 
 Can it 5k! that the old hcugg is gone ! 
 Thi> dear frieuds of my childh<ftd indeed must oe few- 
 
 And I must lameiit all aloko. '■» 
 
 Bat yet Til return to the place of lay birth, 
 
 Whero d-iJ children have ydayed at tho door, 
 Where they pulled the white blossoms thiit garxiishtiJi 
 the earth 
 
 Which will echo their footsteps no more, 
 
 ♦heoata. --Tate io« hoiae,, fee. 
 
 Why would a spider be a jjood correspondent/ 
 Bfto6TJse he drops & Une \>j eyery p-ost. 
 
SHES BLACK BUT XHATS KO MATTEK 
 
 My Dinah, iear me, 9hCb h« beautiful qnitet , ^ 
 
 As a aiar that ehiney.<:ulia]y ut the clo^e vf tUe ni^it, 
 
 A voifc like, a syrf-ii, ft foot like a lk.v-- 
 
 "She just sitcii u jj'al yuu don't meet ei^rj^ dajf-'* 
 
 Spoken. — Eat fthe's bl;ck I 
 
 Chorui. — I know sbe ig' but what Vf that, 
 
 You'd lovf, couM t ou Irytk at ho- , 
 • I'fThave her just th^ ^av «he i?, 
 She's black, biit that's no mattT. 
 .•^Lie lives on thobunlis ofAbnght-floTvini: Aivaxq.,^ 
 lu a cabin that might have brou luilt in Ji Jreirn, 
 Surrounded bv roses, and woodbines, and leave?, 
 "That twine and clijnb l«*Yingly up v» the eaT«5«. 
 Spokin~~^Yixxi sht^'s ho vcy black ' 
 Ckonu, — I know she i^, im. 
 
 If ever I marry this dark color'd maid. 
 
 Yon'U beliovfl in the tnith of what I hav«i said : 
 
 T love her be'^AUse hf^r complexion will keep, 
 
 *'And thev gaj that all beauty is fm\j skin dwp." 
 
 Spoken. — And cL'f.'B black ' 
 
 (Mfrits — I kn v^' she ie, &«. 
 
 ♦-♦-♦ 
 
 SALLY PHIICEB. 
 
 1 courted sfaliy Primer, a little whii««<?o ; 
 
 I thc-'Ught we w«;ro exactly matched, 
 But found it wag iio 50 ; 
 
 I told her I would Laos lay^U if »h^ didn't 
 marry mc — 
 She, Biniling, tuiued to mc, an i 6ai< 1 . 
 
 Mairy you !— why, no "sir-ee.'* 
 
 C^*tt,'-^IiOve1y &illy, chBrmlng Sallv 
 . *' ■ Do not treat him so, 
 
 For if you do he'll eo and drow«, 
 Or shoot hiuftself, T know. 
 
9 CurfON riEIB MELODIKS. 
 
 I t<K>k my Sally walking out, one plcwant aftcraoon 
 
 And down Bfort.d.way wevv'en.1 ko gay, 
 lb l^iyior 8 now sa,loon . 
 • i read the "oill of f.ire," and asked, >Yh&t 
 will you hav(3, my dear ? 
 £he eat thr.'^« stevvi with siv ice creami:, 
 And a quart of lager beer . 
 
 Cuerus.—L'yvely Sally, &o. 
 
 To make her presents, I went SLiid pawned the coat 
 rroni oil my back, 
 And when she'd got them all, she took 
 Ag<3 then gave me the sack, 
 
 Tht'sy siuy she's got another ''bean," and sweetly 
 smiles upon hijn, 
 But if be ever marries her 
 
 May the Lord have mercy od him. 
 
 Ohorur, -LoTfly Sally, &.c. 
 
 •i HS JOLLY OLD CSOW. 
 
 On the limb of an oak sat a jolly oI<l crow, 
 
 And he chattered away with gkc, glee, Q\i0-; 
 
 Ab he watched the farmer come out to 80w, 
 Says hCj This is all for me, for me ! 
 
 CH0KU8. 
 
 liookllook! how he geattcra his seed all round, roand- 
 round, 
 , H« is wonderful kind to the poor, poor, poor, 
 If be'd tmpty is down in a big pile ou the ^loaud. 
 We cvtxlil fiad it much bettor I'm siue, I'm surd. 
 
 I have watched all the trices of this wonderful mftn 
 Who hns such regard for the crow, the crow, 
 
 He kyg out his grounds in a regular plan, 
 And plants all his oorn m a row, row, row, 
 
 cEK«M.-<-L«ok ! kok 1 ke. 
 
OOTTO-V JIKLD MEWI^S, & 
 
 Ho must have » vovy ^reat far.ry for rac. 
 
 For he lias triod toontrap mc enough, crou>?h, 
 But I've measured thediatanr^as wel! a8 b^. 
 
 And wiien he coraeff* I'ra off, rrn off- 
 
 ono r.u£.--Lock 'loct; '— "t • ' hk- I itc. 
 
 POCa OLD JISffY. 
 
 Could hoe till- -^ .'oa v.-rli, 
 But now he'Kp.T^sinT away from iw, 
 Lilie the dew-drop oA the hid. 
 
 Ih^ii pit» poor old J^f-fj, 
 
 And '.ripe •>.Iietfar-'1rop frota roar fcjd, 
 For Jea^yV, jfoinj? to Jf^^ .o v.i. sim.t, 
 
 Aod ia the jroand t ' 
 
 Old J»?«*A"'r hair in irroy ynd 1...: / 
 Like ihii niofis open the Ue< . 
 
 And his leeth dropp'd out <>i tiu ■;:■: j* v. 
 But .-soou ho will be free. 
 
 «!aoxnfl— Then pity poor old Jesay, Ac 
 
 Old Jessy cnu'tplar lu'p nld burijo, 
 HiH fingers are etitfand sorf>. 
 
 Tliey tremble so th> bones do crack — 
 He'll play-^uo -u?ver mpro 
 
 OHOECS. — Then pity poor old Jessy, i 
 
 IJci nsed to go out in the oyf.tsr-boal, 
 Fur, far away from shore : 
 
 But he never vriil go out agaiu- 
 Echo answers, nevermore. 
 
 caORCF, — Thi^o pity poor old Jee-'y, *:«. 
 
.10 0«iTt)S mtLh KKWIilSfi, 
 
 THE KOSE OF ALABAMA- 
 
 Aw&y fromi MistilMippi'sj vale, 
 With mj old hat there for a sail, 
 1 creased upon a cotton- b die 
 To Eot*e oi" Alab<)ma. 
 Cr.yrt^.fi. — Oh ! Browu i<.osey, Hosfc of Alabama. 
 
 A sweet tobacco posiey i^ the Rose of Alabrtm:! 
 
 1 landed on a ^audy bank, 
 
 IhJttupou ft Ijoliow plaiik, 
 
 And there I niado the banjo twauk 
 
 For Rose of Alaljama, 
 
 Chm Hi. —Oh. I Browa Roiej, kc. 
 
 Ob, ! after d'ree'ly, byo-nnd-bye, 
 The moon rose ^-hhe as Rosey'«ey» ; 
 'Ihex like a young cf>oti out fco i\y, 
 Sloie Ktise of Alabanix 
 C"'acw?.;«. — Oh ! brown Roeey^ ie. 
 
 ■^ The rivpf rolled, the crlckf*ls ulng. 
 
 The lijfhtliing-bcj: he liaahci' his wing. 
 Then hko a rope n)y D.rnis I flhsg 
 Kound Rose oi Aiabaia*. 
 
 Cjk^ruf. — Oh I Br&wii ilosfv, &e. 
 
 I hu^. so Soiig I cttKnoi tell, 
 For Rosey seemed t© likt^ ii ntAi ; 
 My banjo in the river leii, 
 Ufa : Rotse of Alabama. ' 
 
 t'7i#ru«,~ Oh ! Brown Eot»ey, &c. 
 
 I/ik« ftn alHgator after prry, 
 I jun'.p'd iu, but it float awij. 
 JBiU all the time it seein'J to 8*5^ 
 Oh ! Rose of A'abaaia- 
 
 r?i«rw.<— Oh ! Br<JWD Roaeyj A,c. 
 
COTTOK FiaLD JCKlODritS 1 1 
 
 And pverv ni^rht, lu moon or ahowar. 
 To hunt that Banjo for an hour, 
 I meet my sweet tobacco fiower, 
 My Ros« af Alabama. 
 
 SOMEBODY* 15 DE HOUSE WID STTOET 
 
 Come, darkies, lifiten to dis Pong. 
 
 Dat 1 is a ^wine to sId^ ; 
 It will ii.-.t tftkcmc berry loojf. 
 
 I'll tell you about my olo j^al Sue. 
 Chorus.— Oh Sue ! 
 
 She's sr^ino to right wid me to de ball. 
 
 If 3"0u'll como d;\r too. Til introduc<; 70c *!!. 
 
 Somebody's in de house wid Su«ey ; 
 
 Somebo<lj> in de house I know ; 
 Somebody'* in dc house wid Sus<.'y ; 
 
 A playing on dc ole baojo, 
 
 • 
 
 00 way. black man ; don't you come a aigh ni9, 
 ril hit you wid de broom if you bc'dder w'd miho 
 
 '3oniel>ody w>yg, dat Ce^ar v^on't like me — 
 Hands oil' I black man, plca«etolet xae g>3. 
 
 She went an' took a little walk, 
 
 Arter dat we had some talk— 
 i^hc gaid i«he lub'd me wid forty hoTi»e pK;w.?r. 
 
 I took her for better or for wor«J dat howr. 
 
 Oh ! Sue ! 
 
 1 took her for bettrr. but 'twni wotm for m«, 
 ^oribe prored worger than I took her for to bw. 
 
 Somebody in d^^ houao. &-«. 
 
12 OC'TT'CS fl£I,D MJEiOClES. 
 
 ROSA LEE OE DQKT BE TOOIISH: JOE. 
 
 When I lived h\ Tenueissee, 
 
 U-Ii, a li, o-la, f>e, 
 Thorn lived, too, ewevt Rosa Le>e 
 
 U-li, a li, o-!a, eo. 
 
 Eyes as dark as wintor iiight, 
 Lips as red as bsrry tirl^^ht. 
 When first I did her vvociiijr g(^, 
 f^he Basd, Now d >u''t b© foooliih, lc\i t 
 
 U-Ji, a-?ij o-i'd, ee, 
 Tiapp;/ then in Tenziessee, 
 
 IF-ll, a-li. o-la, ee, 
 'Neatfc the wild Banana tree. 
 
 My Htory )-et h to he told, 
 
 TJ-!i, 'A'ii. u-la: ee, 
 Rosa 0!io day «aiigl;t a ccld, 
 
 ' U-Ji a ii, o la, ee. 
 Sewt lor doctor, sent for* Btsrae. 
 doctor carae. aud slio prcv/ uorj^e. 
 I tried to make her gniilo, but no, 
 i^he t-md, Now don't bo loolbli, Joe ! ' 
 
 U !ij a-li, o-Ia, ee, 
 6ad was T in Temiessee, 
 
 U-^i, a IJ, o-la, ee, 
 ^ w^'IsTeath the wild Baiiaaa tref>. 
 
 ' They gave her isp, no power could i'dve, 
 
 V-Yi, a-li, o-la, ee. 
 She whij-pered, Follow to :he graTo. 
 
 U-!i, a-li, o la, ee. 
 I tfx)k lipr hand, 'twns eold aa death, 
 So eo'd, ] sca»ce could draw my breath, 
 She saw niy tears in sorro^v flow, 
 TheK aaid, Farewell, my dearct*t Joe .' 
 
 U-li, a-li, o-la, ee, 
 Eosa Bleeps lu Tennessee, 
 
 U-li, a-li, o-la, ee, 
 'Neatti th« wild Banana tree. 
 
COTTOK flELD UAUjDlKi l3 
 
 VB AEE COMI fG, SISTEB MAitT- 
 
 Oii a stormy niphl in Wmter, 
 
 Wheu the wwuis bltvv ro!d and w*it, 
 T hfinrd !«oirie strains of Music 
 
 That 1 DPV'r ran fcrfret- 
 I ^.1=; (ilc<:'pin;:j m tliC cubiu 
 
 WhiT'* live 'i Mary, fuir anJ yoimn;, 
 Vt^en d Ught fhoDe in Uie winders', 
 
 And a band cf sicjs'era sunj : 
 
 CJtiorrjy, — We are comintr. Bister Mary, 
 
 \V»- ar-- inniiuir bvf -uud-bye ; 
 Bt* yon nii'.dy, sisier Nlary, 
 
 For tlie » ir.-e is drawing n»gh. 
 
 1 trie'? f) crI'I rr/y Mriry, ' 
 
 But my tf)U;viie would not obey 
 Till the ^oivr ao sttange li«d ended, 
 
 And the sic:^vr« flown away. 
 Th«n I woke her from Imt Kliimber, 
 
 And told h^r cv'ry thing — 
 But I could not guths the meauinn; 
 
 or lU« HODg I heard them sing. 
 C/WvJ/— We arc coin'ni;, ^ ■ 
 
 Wh'.Mi Xhfs nf\l h'ikhi .:•.-.)••. I M-.via 
 
 And the third night too Ihey luug, 
 While I sat hpsidc th'> pillow 
 
 Of my Mary fair and younjr. 
 As I Witched I heard a ruatliu^, 
 
 Lik« ll>e rustling of a wiap , 
 And i>e8idc my Marjs piliow, 
 
 Viiry sooa I heard tlif m slug : — ■ 
 CJbiti/i. — W« are couiing, t c 
 
 Then ttjeain I called my Mary, 
 
 Bisf. my porrow vrat' completir. 
 For 1 found hor h«ftrt of kiuunests 
 
 Had forerer ceased l« heat ; 
 
14 COTTOK flELO MEt,ODJ«S. 
 
 And I now am very lonely, 
 
 From Stimni.er round fo Spring, 
 And I ofi, iu midnight slumber, 
 Seem to h?ar aomt one siug : 
 Chmci. — We srecomiiiiT, &,c, 
 
 EPHBAIM'S LAMEKX. 
 Ccmt;, diMkicjv. listen %o dig song, dat I is gwhie to 
 
 sing, ,,;. 
 
 It -^tIII no'.. be so berry 'lonj^;, but 'tis de borry thirj.<x, 
 To make you start an' ©peyour eyes, au' lik.; a bull- 
 
 fropj croak, 
 Fur when you Ree dis darkey cry, you'l] know bid 
 
 heart is broke. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Oil : Rintirilm's heart la brok« ; o?i, Epbraira h» mtiufe 
 
 <ij>, / 
 
 He tbo«g''flt Jier ioTe was in her keart ; '.waJ! onjy io 
 
 hi,' ftje , 
 Ch 1 KplsrJam's heart i6])roke, oh, Ephraim he xnwiti 
 
 die, 
 1>« ^al will Boott come b&ek ejfaiii, and to yottr araw 
 
 will fi/. 
 
 My Cloe was Ae lubliefit gal in all Virginny state, 
 f^he -M'os de flower ob ebbry ball, do star dat ruled 
 
 my fate ; 
 i?he say, for ra« her lub no oh^-agfti do all de ni-yj^er* 
 
 tcii;se h T. 
 Thro' fields an' woods wld dem to range, 'speciuly 
 
 dat nigf er Cffisar. 
 
 Oh I Sphntim's heart, k<i, 
 
 Cpon her truth I did rely, »n *mk she change ao 
 
 nebber. 
 She say, fot me RhftM sooner die, dan her lub firM* 
 
 me tD sebber • 
 But wid my heart she only play, like angler wid d« 
 
 fishes, 
 Wid nig^or Cai«ar fih« xmi awiij, wbU'5 I W9« wafiijlai'* 
 
 dishes ! 
 
DEAEEfTMAE 
 
 JNoWj tlAtkies, wrre nnd li?te«, » slory I'll relate, 
 It balfpeycd in r ralley ia the oUl Carolina Stala. 
 -It waa down in the meadow I used to make the haj ; 
 1 a!wftjs work the larUr when I tbuik c.i lovely Ms«. 
 
 cH<T>Ti — Oh, dtirett V»^. T«u"r# lorelj m the day, 
 lonr ejp* co Vj:-;^t,V, tf tj •hin« 4t ■'•{lit, 
 WLcn iLe XBOoa agq xoi.e tk<r^y. 
 
 Mj B3»?*» jrire mt holiday, I wish he'd gi^e m« caor*, 
 I tbankad him Tery kindly %8 I ihored my boat froia 
 
 shore, 
 /xtd down the river paddled, with a heart so li^ht and 
 
 I'ree, » 
 
 T*o tba oottagt cf my lorely Mae, I hnj'd ?o much to 
 
 tee. 
 
 •■oaca— Ob,4taitit Mae. k.9. 
 
 On the l)*nk of the river, where the tree^ ibey haeg to 
 
 low, 
 WbeB th? cooni among the Lranchei play, and the minx 
 
 be keep^ helow, 
 Oh ! there ia therpct, and Mae, the looke ao yrj aweet, 
 U^T eyes they »f arkle like the atari, and her lipi are 
 
 red MM beet. 
 OKoars '-Ob, 4«are»t M»«, ke. 
 
 Cene?.lh theahauy old cn-k tree, I've lat fvr many to 
 
 bour, 
 At happy a* the little bird tb%t Fporti tmonf ib« 
 
 Cuwers ; 
 Bet, dear«?t Mae, I lef'. her : rUe cxied when both we 
 
 parted, 
 f gave her a long sad farewell klfs, mi back to maua 
 
 c\a.rtiid. 
 
 r«oap9. — Ob, d»ar»»t ^'a«. <kp. 
 
 My MMittT tht-n was takes aick, and p«or old mao b« 
 
 died. 
 Aim X wa« a^id, w»y itwa baiovr, cIom by the rlrer 
 
16 co.rT§x TikiD uzumim. 
 
 \Vu6Q \o>\-ii]y Mae did heAT the new*, Klio'wi!t«;?;Jii Uke> a 
 
 fiovrer, 
 And now lieslov.', buaealh the kee whflr<> tH« o^iri boote 
 
 every Lour..' • 
 
 TALLY WEAVEE. ' 
 
 ii? 1 Tvent out one summer's day, 
 
 I took rny g*nn to^sboot some' gamo, 
 1 met a gal upon 'do way. 
 
 And Sally Weaver way her name, 
 lier eyes dey glaacod srfbright and clear, 
 Dy2 lighi'mhjg-ljUgH dey could not ghiae 
 1 went iind wbif^pered L'l her r-ar — 
 "'Sly lublr Sal, wilf ybit be jalru- '"' 
 , CiioRTrs. 
 Ob, Iso ?wsn 'i^wn dexltor, 
 
 My s!;^ff is bj de sh.ore , 
 So do, farewell, mj Saily Weaver, 
 i'Ji nebef acejou tudx-b ? 
 
 5 took lier to de fancy ball,' 
 
 And daiicod wid her 'till brake ob ds? ; 
 Siic was so big, she was so tall, 
 
 De niggers all stood out de way. 
 I treated her to ^ood clazn soup, ' 
 
 And watcr-milliou qiiito a few ; 
 And when de whiskey all drink'd yp. 
 
 Both ii&l and ma was verv blue ! 
 
 Oh, Ise gwan dowa, Sx'. 
 
 ■{ went down to her inf.vs.«f4's place, 
 To ask hi:n could she. be rny wife. 
 
 But fast Ije slap me in de fact-, 
 And den he'say he take ray life ! 
 
 Bo Sal and mo we laid out a plot 
 To Icab de diggia* might v soon ; 
 
corros fi>LD mWmOPim ^^ 
 
 We wcut and took an old flat boat, 
 And started by the lijrht obde mocD, 
 
 Oh, I«e gwau dovrn, Ac. 
 
 De beat it I'V-iked. and Sal she cried, 
 
 For leaf fhf^'d to de bottom go : 
 Bho hugged lip cloKf-'Iy t'" my side, 
 
 And WHute<i U> bo j-ut athov..-. 
 bVi boat went down, and .S;\lly too ! 
 
 De g:*l she swim ji.st liko a stour- '. 
 ii.e wretched don with^'riefnnd woe. 
 
 For Sally she was dead and gone ' 
 
 Oh, lae gwau down, &o. 
 
 OH LUD GA15 
 
 Here I am ag yon dij^kivcr, 
 All de way from roaring river ; 
 Here I cum, as you must know, 
 For to play de ole banjo. 
 
 lad gkh. gib me chaw toh»cco, 
 
 kd gain, fotch on d« whi'kej. 
 
 JCj h«aid >wiau, and I f««t a littl« iiprf. 
 
 Way down by de Indian Nation, 
 
 Vnr's pretty little gain from de wild poose natic^, 
 
 My wife's de^d, and I'll get annndder, 
 
 Pretty littk yalier gal jest like the todder, 
 
 iud gals, gib me chaw tobacco, tc, 
 
 Olf Maasa Miller goes out ft preaches, 
 *Bout de world com in V to pit3ceg. 
 An if yon want to do wbat'g right, 
 Go an join de Millerite. 
 
 O hid gftii, gib nsc eh&w tobacco, Jrc 
 
18 roTTo^ ^trari v*t,oris«. 
 
 /^EW MEDLEY. 
 
 CH0BT7S, — Mujiie s-tUeied. 
 
 Oh, tijuueier, wft']l astound y-u. 
 With a me<iley wild and t5fear, 
 
 Witii wonder we'il coiiroaud you, 
 So pray yoa Send au ear. 
 
 Air : iS'iiiri' onu HaU. 
 
 As I "Walked out by de lieht of do 
 So merrily singiug dis old tune, 
 I canae across a big racoon, 
 A eettin' ou de rail. 
 
 Set<ln' oji A Tail, s^ttin' on » m'4, 
 Settlu' on 
 
 Air : Th4 Iri-«k Bttfigra.ni' h- Lam^tiU 
 
 Defail, Disia, where ^e eat sid*' Uy side, 
 >Vay downtn old VirgiBiiy, !ub, 
 
 Whon first you were my brid«. 
 De Goojis were preMciiig iiere and dere. 
 
 And de darkies danci ig rouud, 
 Oh, den, what hnppy times we passVi, 
 
 Qu old Virginny'fi ground 
 Oh, dcTi, what happy times wepaFeM, 
 
 Oo oUl Vir^inny's ground- 
 
 Tm sitting on de rail, Dmah, 
 Whar we eni side by side, 
 
 Way down in old Virginny, lub, 
 Wbea firsi you w^re my hi'\4f>. 
 
Air :JtmVra€h dortu 
 
 If you Mwmld po in d<^ summer time. 
 To South r^irolina'g suhry clime, 
 And iu deihade yoa chaur?^ to ii«, 
 You'll F'>on Jjiid oul de hlu** Uil'd fly . 
 
 Jill), rrack corn, I don't care, 
 Jim crsick corn, I <Joa't car« 
 Jim crack corn, 1 don't cartj 
 For Massa'a gone — 
 
 Air . Wt're all Here. 
 
 To d© ball, at de awembly. h« wniit de other night, 
 He danced dere and «hufll*d dor-?, wid looomocfo»i« 
 
 might. 
 I danoed to my partner, and den to Lucy LoDf 
 TUJ do hnphand of dat lady aaid — 
 
 Air : Roaa L«e, 
 
 Whenllivel hi Teuisee, 
 
 U la U, la oh !a e, 
 
 I went cofirting Koha L^^, 
 
 U la la, la oh la e, 
 
 Eyeii ajB darV as winter night. 
 
 Lipa so red and teeth so whit« 
 
 When fliFt I did a wooiur go 
 
 She gald — 
 
 Air : UreU Ned. 
 
 1 oace knew a darkey, and dey calfd him Uacl* Ned, 
 
 But he died long ago, long aqo, 
 
 He had ixo wool on d« top of his bead, 
 
 On de place whar d*^ har ought to grow. 
 
 Den lay dewn de ehovel and de h'>6, 
 
 Hang up do fiddle amide bow, 
 
 No more hard work for poor old N^ed. 
 
 He's ;cne frhar d* good darkiw g». 
 
SC COTTC'^ I'lELD MELODiES. 
 
 HAVE A LITTLE DANCE. 
 
 F!l iii■a^ you now cis good old soug^ 
 
 And then I'll sing anotli«r. 
 Old maBBa's gv'ine dis artezuAon, 
 
 Tocal! upoD hisbrodder; 
 D«n v/aii a little v\ hilc, ray boys, 
 
 Till h« gets ou\ ob sight, 
 Vv'e'U drop de shovel aud de hoe. 
 
 f^'jK'ken : What for ? 
 
 To have a littio da!3ce to- night- 
 
 Cit*'^** : We'll have a. little danco to night, boyg. 
 To nj^ht, boys, to ui^^ht, boys. 
 We'll have a little danc^ to iiight, boys, 
 An' duuce by de liglit cb de moon. 
 
 3 like de cambric handkerchief, 
 
 I like, de beave. hat ; 
 Oh, hand me down my high-heel boots, 
 
 Likewise my «ilk cjavat. 
 De nipfi:ers dey em griuning-, 
 
 Au' dar teeth looks v^^ry white, 
 We'll go across do mountain, boys, 
 
 Sfolen : What for ? 
 
 To have a little dance to night\ 
 
 Ch&rm : W e'il have a little dance to night, &.G, 
 
 I rises at de broke ob day. 
 
 To takft my morning walk* 
 I meet my Inbly Julian, 
 
 And dis de way wo talk ; 
 I tnys, -You are my own true love 
 
 You are my heart's delight, 
 Win you go over d« riber dis evening?* 
 
COTTON FIELD MSLOOIJiJ. 21. 
 
 Jiiol.n ; What fur*? , 
 
 Tj have a iittle dai>cd to ni^f. 
 
 Cho/w! ; Wc'U have a iiltle danc« to ni^ht, Ire 
 
 .. • i 
 
 , FARE THEE WELL, KITTY DrlA.^^ 
 
 J paw th« Fmn«> of fvcuingr di^^. • 
 
 In beauty ou a ?ouihcrn skv ; 
 And as t ma kei tV.a' fjiry f^cen**. 
 So niild, §0 lovely, ind screue, 
 ^ tV siraiige wlid fcouncl, \et sjv<.'Ct aud clear, 
 
 lu toiiei' like lhe=c I cfianceJ to hear. 
 
 Ckoruj. — Furp t'ljfl re?I. TTi"lr jp»r,. ^ V -• ^. ' 
 :bj ^T%r« po. lov. 
 
 V 
 
 my Old banjo. 
 
 TIk)' AfrieV(»Ort*that ptrain awoke. 
 
 A lan|aiapr« to my fnn\ it spoke. 
 
 That 8Pome«l ij>y Teptlevs thou^jht tol^ell. 
 
 And lv>l(l me mptiw t > its sp?ll ; 
 
 Hoi^ rnurii ot fri^'lii!^' de''p ttud strong'. 
 
 Wa« ^.i'r-ir..* :•! that artless soufc: 
 
 Fare thLaw«*ll, ^e 
 
 Tho' jearspince then have roli«?d away, 
 Th« ftcho of that uimide lay 
 Comes o'er rno wheu with care opprc»'d, 
 And»ooihc3 >vy troubled licarl to r«3t ; 
 Nor wil! I, Mil my latebt hour, 
 Forirct the leagic of ils power. 
 
 Fare tU^e wei;, A..-. 
 
 %Vby i^ aeaw-Sler like adf'ni-st ? BeL^a'^55 tbef 
 both sd teeth 
 
GWtNE TO RUN ALL NIGHT. 
 
 Csm-piown ladies, sing dii sonj:, 
 
 Du da, du da. 
 Ca»T;ptowa race-track five miles lo8g, 
 
 Du dii, du da da. 
 (Ho doWL dfir wid ct; y hat caved m, 
 
 l3u da, du da. 
 Conte back korae wid pocket full i.h U»^ 
 
 JJti da, da da du. 
 
 0<?/ If* : Gwiue to ran gll ulglit, 
 Gwiue \o run all day, 
 jl'Jl bet, toy money on the Ix^.tsu K 
 ilom<i!St)dy bet ou de baj'. 
 
 WooUey Moon came on de track 
 
 Dv! da, du da. 
 Beb he fi'm^ bini ober his back. 
 
 D« d», du da d«. 
 K;:Eiiiu' a!on;j like a »!iootiu' stiy, 
 
 Du da. dtt da. 
 E*TWiiD' a rae<> wid de i*il road car. 
 
 Du dH. du da du 
 
 (rtrJne tu run all night, kc 
 
 t>e bab-lail liora© he esu't be b«at, 
 
 Du da, dn da. 
 Uunain' aronad iu n two milf? h^at, 
 
 Dtt da, duda d&. 
 I wis* my ifioney o» ds bob-tail na.rj. 
 
 Da da, dw da. 
 j^k' carry it bonift in d» o!e tow-bagr, 
 
 l)vt da, du dii da. 
 
 <j wine to rcn &ii night, Ate. 
 
 I>Si,r» foiftrt«;«i; hor«f« ic djs rac<^, 
 Dn da, du <Ja. 
 
OOTTOK rilU) MMVSHfiltS. 23 
 
 I'm mug in saddle, an' got good brae^, 
 
 Du da, du d.* da. 
 De sorrel horse he's jfot a cough, 
 Pu da, du d.i. 
 An' tils ridsr'i drunk in de ole hay lod, 
 , Pu, da, du da da. 
 
 Gwin<5 to Tun all aight, &c. 
 
 NELLY WAS A LADY. 
 
 Down on de Miiisissippi floairti^, 
 LoAg time I trab Ir ou de way. 
 
 All night do cotton wood a lotinf,'. 
 ifiug for my true lub a!l do day. 
 
 Oi'yrus : Nelly wa« a lady 
 
 La»t nia:ht she died. 
 Toll de beil for lub.y Nl-11 
 My dark Virginny bride. 
 
 Now I'm unhappy aud I'm weepinj. 
 Can't tote de cot on i^ood no more ; 
 
 La*t nijrht, while Nelly wa» a sleeping, 
 De4th ca.TT? knockiu s( de door. 
 
 Nelly wa« a lady, 4&c. 
 
 "When I saw my Nelly in de m<^rain)^, 
 Smile till »\\c op/en'd up her eye*. 
 
 ^seemed like do light ob day a dawuia^r, 
 Ji«t fore dc tuu be^jiu to rise. 
 
 Nelly waa a lady, &,«, 
 
 Cloaebyde marpia ob de water, 
 
 Whar de lone weeping willow g^ro 19, 
 
 Dtr lib'd Vjrginuy'i luB'y dausjhi^r ; 
 Darshe in death Tnny find repose- 
 Nr.iSy wa4 a Udy, A % 
 
£4 COTIOX 11&X.» MELOmES, 
 
 Dovrn in de meadow" inojig ce clober; 
 
 Walk wid my Nelly by njy side, 
 Now all dftn hnppy day.s am ohsr, 
 
 Fa.'ew*!Lrny dark Virgiuny bride. 
 Neliy was a la'-ly, &«• 
 
 OH., SUSANNA. *• V 
 
 Pae o-OKe from Alabaoaaivitri tke baiijo on m y knee, 
 I'm gwine %:> Louiiian ;. m.y Iruo lub foi\ to sec. 
 ItiJiined all night the day I left, the weddorit was dry ^ 
 J>e Ban so hot 1 froze to deff, Susanna dun't vcu cry. 
 
 CHORUS AKli> RfePE AT. 
 
 Ohj Susanoa, (Jpn'tyou cry for me, 
 T«a come from A!;ib;ima, 
 With the banjo on my kne«. 
 
 Ijump'd aboard de tolographati trahftll'd dcm. dc riber 
 D^'Jeetric fluid naagnified atid killed four hundred nigga 
 J)© bulgine bust, de iioiso ran ofl^ I realy thought to die, 
 I fihat my eyes to hold my broatk, Sa-Sfinaa uos't .you cry 
 Oh, SusaaaaJ Ac 
 
 I had a dream de oder ni^bt, when febciryti^sjFfts still, 
 
 ■( thought I saw Suyanna acociiirg dv)WD dV Mil, 
 
 Da buokwheat cake was iii her Diouf, de tear vf&s iu b«r 
 
 eye, 
 f<ftyt?I. I'm uomin'/rom de Soaf, Sasaaoag doii'fcyosjt ei-y, 
 Oh. Susanua, «S;o. 
 
 I'll 800E be do>Yn in Nei? Orleans and ilea I'll run arJaiid 
 An if I see Susanna, I'll fall upon de grorandv 
 But^f I donotseo her, this darkey Ul surely die, 
 An<J when I'm da£;d and buried, Susanna tiou't vvn! cry. 
 OkSiisaiaaa, JU.'- 
 
 Wbfn )£ K wall like a fish ? When it j.« .sc&lod. 
 
OLD BOB RIDLEY. 
 
 -A pofc6v.m st-)t in a Rirnmo2i (re«, 
 A lookiri cunnia dcwn at me ; 
 
 1 t-ook It Tcx:k, all on the sir, 
 
 And I bit him ziip right in the i:y^ \ 
 
 (M Bob Ridley. Oil I 
 ^, ) Old Bob Ridlev, Oh I 
 ^** i Old Bob Ridley, Oh I 
 
 'How could you fool dil possum ^ 1 
 
 CHORUi, 
 
 Oh ! boyp, corflo al^n;? and ?hnok cfat com, 
 Oh, boys comcalo»?t.> de rattle of dehorn, 
 
 We'll shuck and 35n;^ \i]] dehorning otdeniom, 
 Aud deu we'll huvta Jaoiiday. 
 
 * 1 took him do^ro to Polly Bill, 
 
 Beaiusc.I know sho'd cook Li:a \^\i , 
 I- he mado b. fry, and she made a 8te\T. 
 An' a roist, an' ft brile, an* a bnrbecue ! 
 
 L Old D.,b lliAcy, ? ,-,, .^ ,. ,.. 
 
 I Why didn't JQU lei dese darki^i kno^ '' 
 
 When 'fcwAg done I ginacan, 
 An' hero com© in de u'^^<£v.ri all ; 
 
 We trowed de dopsdn hfrsd and tVet, 
 x\a' hij<i a plenty left for ua all to eat ! 
 
 C^toras : O boys, come along, 4^. < 
 
 ( Old 
 
 ill { Oh 
 
 ( Wc 
 
 Old Bob rjdit* r, Sfri ..■ \ 
 Oh! jfnr^f;n*t) 
 
 never have h^ar of de lik« IxifuM t 
 
 ChoTi.f : O boys, rome alonj, ic. 
 
 Old T3?.Rter say he nerer see 
 A pcfasum haU so £kil aa he ! 
 
!3S e-oiTc-.s; Fi«i.D MaL-:>Dii£9, 
 
 Ws &^t, and we danced, and we eat aU n;g-bt» 
 i">jt vr& coi!i''''nt i'.at him all fore de mofaiu 
 light. 
 (Old Bob Ridley, ( ,~, ,. , , 
 
 ( Ntw do you teJI dese darkies 8o ! 
 Churns. boys, come along Ac. 
 
 I jTOt a half a dollar for his skin, 
 On which, next s|^ht, we frolic'k a^-aiia, 
 
 And diit made Polly love me well. 
 An' a mi. hty purtj gal wtis PoUjr Bell I 
 
 ( Old Bob Eidler, > ,,„, ,. , 
 
 il-r^OblOh! ' ^ir^ir^e nmcs.) 
 
 ( D® next time we'll be sure to go. 
 C>xrrK-9 : O hovi?, come along, i^'a. 
 
 Ob ! Polly's llp«, day look so swecfc 
 When she hss soiaefin nice to eat ; 
 
 Dat possum's fiit, an datpossara's hide, 
 Deal was de lings mad*? Poliy my bii-dOi 
 
 Oh! Oh! ^^mrsehme.^,) 
 
 ( Pollj Is de BeJIc of de old baajo ? 
 Ch^rvA : boya, come along, &.e. 
 
 4?^ 
 
 NANCY TILL 
 
 J>ovn la 4he eaae-bt-ake, elosa bj la* mill, 
 f1!i(jr« liv'd a y«lIow i?irl h«r aftme was Nancy Till; 
 She iiaaw that I lov'd her, ^h* kriow it loti^, 
 I'm g'iing to serenade kor, and I'M sisg '^^i^ *^2<5, 
 
 Com* loTd. eome, tke boai. li«8 low, 
 8he li«» high »nd dry on the Ohio; 
 
 ■ l]5oas9 ktra, «<!5ue, th« boat lit?* low, 
 
• OCTTC'X FIRi.D MCLODH*. * 
 
 fihe lies high wiJ dry oc the Ohio; 
 
 Come IoT», com», wont you go aJcrif "»ith ib« 
 
 I'll tftk» 70 u down to TonneMef.. 
 
 Oorc« JoTe, o.-me, wont jou go a'.caj with me, 
 
 I'll take vou down 10 Tenaessee- 
 
 ^V^ii the window, loTo, do, 
 AtcJ li»ten to the rajwic I'm playio? fi^r yout 
 Th« wbidp'ricgi of love, po it-ft «nd low, 
 iI&riDoni{« my Toieewith the Old Eti^jo. 
 
 CHORCs. — Come, *c. 
 
 9'\>K.y the casemeL*^ begliii for to ri«. 
 Ttie 8t*i» ara a shining abore in t-j? »kle^{ 
 The mof n it declinii:?^ behind yonder hiU 
 Beflecting iti rayi en you my i?»ncy fill. 
 
 CI10BV6 -Conie, l*^^* 
 
 Par«well, Jore, T «ia»t d^w away. 
 I've a !oog wnv to irar;^! before the break of d*. 
 Ho» the Txext nine I p^tar^ he '•"-'y, l*"^** <♦ C<». 
 A Mllicg on the banks of vhe OUi.). 
 
 cHoaua.-^Ceme, Ac. 
 
 "Sam, I t^tw n c<uje in ^oulh Ameiioa lacir. than 
 a m'le in leiij^th." 
 
 '•A cape ! why what WnA ({ catjc *'' 
 -'Why, 9k hurricane, to be surf.'' 
 
 Why is a true and faithful frien<l like kAnki* 
 apedg? BerauMj JOU never know the value ot either 
 tr-til they are put under ground. 
 
 What is H that I» will! e, and bl.vk, Jvnd ?^u all 
 over ? A liewspaptr. 
 
 WLy ifi a ^)aker shop like ••dra^^ist ? Bvc&u»« 
 they both eeM t»ci>,vf> UViP^t, {>*»• (t?.d thia?i) 
 
* COTIOX F-SELD aiELODlJSS. 
 
 OH BOYS, CARRY ME LONG. 
 
 Ob! earr7/ ni8 'Ion?; 
 Bot'?^ no iQcre tronblo for me: 
 
 I'sgulue fco roam 
 
 In :'. hfippv home 
 ■Where all de nig?fts amf'ee 
 I've worked Song iv» de fields; 
 Fvo JiiUhl'eil many a boa; 
 
 IMl turn v^y Sjo, 
 
 Before I d'w, 
 And see do sugar eane gvo'iv. 
 
 csoars.— Oh; boys, cirry mo lon^r; , 
 
 / Carry me feiii I diy, 
 
 Ctrry mo down 
 To do bary in' groand, 
 ^lasiriK <iont you cry. 
 
 All o\)<5r de land 
 Tv wfiudered many a day, 
 
 To blow die Iiora 
 
 And mind d» ooni 
 And keep de possam u vray. 
 No use for me now 
 So dark eyes bary me iow: 
 
 My horn is dry, 
 
 And I must lie 
 Wha de pos.?vrra nebb'ir can go, 
 
 c.uoft'js.-- 0, hoyi, carry mc lon^^, &c. 
 
 Fare i?rell to de boy.^ 
 Tfid hearts i?o happy aud Jigbl, 
 
 iJey sin;^ a song 
 
 :Dc wuoie day loog, 
 Aad 'Jfinoe dtsjubba at night- 
 
 Fjtre, well to de ficid^ 
 Oh cotton, 'baoco, and all: 
 I'? guine to hoe in a bressed row 
 Whfe d« eora grows mellow aad tai?. 
 
 cBtORUs. — 0, boys, aarry m« long, «S>c« 
 
coil oar rut 3 >i?ir)Dies. »ii 
 
 Fare woll ^:» ie hille. 
 
 Oli brJDdle Bodi 
 
 Apd d- old gr-y hf>is 
 111 beatcD, brc'L?r. tmd leftB- 
 
 Far© noil t5 <{« Jog 
 Dat always fjllovkcd we roandi 
 
 OH >:ancbo'll \vaU 
 
 Arwi droop tjj tail 
 When i am nud-r de groiind. 
 
 :•.— 0, boy?, oarrv m« It'D^, ike- 
 
 GAL WID DE BLUE DRESS OW. 
 
 Kow, vbitefcllts I'll wrg U you, 
 
 About iny dc!ar«5t Dini; 
 Ob! s o's de gal dut i>N!q wj heart, 
 
 Way down in A.libama. 
 6bo was tall iiD blender 'bout da irai«t, 
 
 Anbfautifu! as Wenu$, 
 Ob all d* gals I abcr dj i e^e, 
 
 She wskA de greiitest genus. 
 
 CUOM.CM. 
 
 Tiengxre rae d^ pal wid^i* bine dremon, 
 
 Dat dp! Mth'ilo folks call Saranna, 
 She Bt/.lc my heart and nway »he"i g90«» 
 Way down in Alabama. 
 
 Ok! the had «)yes ju?t like de dcve, 
 
 Ana fi.ot like d^ jivaffum, 
 An when she rolled dem eyeg at tee, 
 
 I tl ought I'd die a h.tSin. 
 But when my luh did jrorMenad*, 
 
 De people would stop wh>it aaw hw, 
 Bhe WHB de nicest gii\ dey cbcr did m«, 
 
 Except d" grer^t Victtria. 
 
 Pen jtVt me i* puV A 
 
30 oOTiox riEM) MKiowya 
 
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 I t(V)k my Talk to ;t ball la^tnignt, 
 
 Att when vre went t> snppar, 
 ftsEe fainted, ao ober dfc t?bb'« fell, 
 
 Ac stuck hfir head in de butter. 
 Dey «is*d campli-;'ne to fdlca her i/'o, 
 
 But dea it was too later; 
 A t«i'key leg nin in bcr eyt, 
 
 Ab ?h<f cli'-is?i<?'.i to death wid a ta'^er. 
 
 Den give me do gal, Ac. 
 
 LOUISIANA BELLE. 
 
 l» J ount'iaa^i 'ia's de stall?, 
 
 Whare old niap^a eber dwell, ~ 
 
 Ak' h© hab a iubly colored ^aI, 
 CaWnd i3e Louisiaua Belk. 
 
 GUOSUS. 
 
 Oh, boyg, dou't yout«]l; 
 
 Dfltt't tell nrjassa, don't you tell -, 
 
 Oh, Belle, Louisiana Belle, 
 
 Tm j^^ing toBiarry you, Lcfuitfiuna Be]!e. 
 
 Up to de ball de cwier night, 
 
 I ent a mighty s^eW, 
 Pai'jcimg de poker and widge>oi)pi»g 
 
 With dat I>ouIsiana Belle. 
 Oh, Mire Belk, ^c 
 
 Twi^ *lat Dandy Jira of Caroline, 
 Ohft^-ij de Rigga swell, 
 
 Trying it on so naon:>trous fine, 
 
 Wi<{ dat Ijouisiana Bell*. 
 
 Ch, Miss Bolle, ic, 
 
 Perots fuss de 1> and den de E, 
 
 Ok yes, and de donblc LL^ 
 Poke an K OM end ob dat, 
 i And vou hab Loiiisia^ia BtV.^ 
 
 Ob|' Mi'^s Heilc, 4e., 
 
MASSA'8 fN DECOLDOROUNO 
 
 Ronn(i d© meadows am a ringirsr, 
 
 De dftrkeys toouroful song, 
 While de mooking bird am sinjin*, 
 
 Hiippv B> de (lay aai long. •• 
 
 Where *.'o \vy am a creepiDg, 
 
 O't.r de gruojy mound, 
 J) a: e old m-i&iA urn a frieej>lng, 
 
 Slospijg iu de coM, coldgrouod. 
 
 T>own In do (^ra fi«ld 
 Heardnt mournful w;ur;J: 
 .AU.i^o darkeijs a^ u weepuig. 
 Wassa's in de cold, ooJd ground 
 
 When de autumn 'eaves wore falling. 
 
 When do d.i,v.s were cold, 
 'Twas hard to hear oid ma:-?a calling, 
 
 Ci jse he waa so weak and old. 
 Nbw dooransre tree am blooming, 
 
 On de . 
 Nttw df . am ocbiiiig, 
 
 Masse i » - no more. 
 
 flwontrs— PoTTc in io cern field, <tc. 
 
 Masao niAdo do darlioyi lore him, 
 
 Cayse he nas f* kind. 
 Now Oey sadly weop a bovo him, 
 
 3Iourninjr caywe he leave dem h(*hlndl. 
 T farinotwork before to moirow, 
 
 Cayse de tear drop flo»f, 
 I Iry to drive away nay sorrow 
 
 Pickin on de old baojo. 
 
 cRCRct,— Down in de rorn i5eld, iic 
 
 • I love the Kilent tM<tf,^<a of ihe niKht, j\k ihe 
 theJf said wb^n he robbed tLe jewelry store- 
 
32 coTxoN yisLD jaujomES. 
 
 MY VALLEY HQME, GOOD BYE, 
 
 The gun from 'hind the hills was pe^p'ng, 
 
 AH nature was t;o bright and gay, 
 The merry biida wer(5 nimbiy leaping' 
 
 With joyous bounds from tree to tree. 
 Such was the inornirjg that I parted 
 
 From ail on earth I held mogt dear — 
 My parents, thou,a:h near bcoi<:en-heart:«1. 
 
 Would try my bloomy thcraghU to ebsi^r. 
 
 CJIOKUS, 
 
 My valley home, good-bye, good-bys, 
 I'll arvr think of thee — 
 
 A stransev 1 must live and die. 
 My home I'll never sec. 
 
 My valley home, I Icved it dearlj, 
 
 No other home 1 wish to see— 
 Oh ! but to part from it did grk-re m© ; 
 
 it sheltered rae in infancy. 
 My parents dear, 1 left th'im weeping, 
 
 'Twas sorrow choked their last fare wolt- 
 Before I die could I but greet thean. 
 
 Oh I then I would mj sorruve qTj»31. 
 
 C1^'rui,~-yLj ral.ey hoiag, kt*. 
 
 Ofl in my drearas I so« my moi'ier, 
 
 And trace the tc:ir-drt)p down her diaefc- 
 Methinks she say^. My child, com* hi6hef> 
 
 Oh ! where shall I my lost one »e«!i t 
 Fa'.«-.?ell I my home, th« riiiioa'i fi^etivU^, 
 
 A gtranger now I'm forced to l^^»ra ; 
 AVhen life is o'er, aboye I'll me«t thv^aty. 
 
 Thoss^ d?«r oa«« of mr Y»il(»j hoajisi 
 
 C/mst!.'!. — My valley homo, &<3. 
 
eorrmn fiild itiLO»ii», 8t 
 
 BELLE OF BALTIMORE. 
 
 r?e been tJirouts'h Carolinn, 
 
 I re l.€«D to TennefFcc, 
 Vro trnbcilfd Mibisis«ippij 
 
 For MapisA set raefro«. 
 Vre kissed tht lorely Creole, 
 
 Oii L'>ui«i{uia sliore. 
 F":t F D<?Tcr found a pal to iriAtch 
 
 Pf b1.x)miDj; B»»le of Baltituor*. 
 
 cKoirr 
 
 Oh, b<>Tt-., K -lie's a bo«»ialr, 
 
 KyeB »n bright and chret-* jy? t^i), 
 
 No p.tl I frer ji':^n bcfon , 
 
 So 8>Te€t as Belle of Bftltiraorc 
 
 Hf B«II< ii tnll And tlenJcr. 
 
 And ftir<p^»o very cloar, 
 Tou'd tbiok »h^ was an oirJinsriilc, 
 
 If oiic* h<»r voice you'd bear. 
 I walked down to her cabin, 
 
 And I rapp*Hi a^iri do d'or ; 
 I want to xib ray da^atyp? 
 
 To iGy ■wT'xft \](;\]t o? Baltimore, 
 Ori, Ixn'f, F-*-!!*'* a heAuty, M'\ 
 
 iVovind bor I-t Ibe ribpr. 
 
 My «rrr?.nt'l did t»?l!, 
 f^T8 «he. TOM f'n- deceihor, 
 
 Vov.r trickiiT know too well. 
 I »e«n 5 nil ki?R ariother g.U 
 
 The wffrry night bcfo'-e — 
 Widdal »he turue<i t:pon h?r hp^'l, 
 
 And off went Bell© cf BHUimor*. 
 Ob, boy*. Bella'i a b<»uty,*&f:. 
 
S4 "caiTON ri2LD uewdhss. 
 
 ■ ^ I wrote ray lub a letter^ 
 
 And pccated it so sv/ec^t. 
 Do musk, do Globes, do peppeitrint, 
 
 Stuck out about a feet. 
 Bi'.i all my trouble was }m use, 
 
 I neber seen her more— 
 For I squashed d»^ tender 'fections ot) 
 My blooming Belle of BaTtia^ore. 
 Ob, boys, Belle's a beauty, 4^.r. 
 
 FARE YOU S'VELL. . 
 
 Hark ! my lovo, O come sivl fotea ! 
 The evening' goile is sweetly giugin^^ 
 The stars JVe shining: on tha river, 
 
 The mooaifi in the<jaiet sky. 
 
 {%;,-.fn — (_'ome, THy lovf?, unto the xviodow, 
 Listen while I pUv the Jnba, 
 Then I'M fioat awar down the riyfr— 
 O ! Fare you well I 
 
 Oh ' ray dear, O, do coin« listei?, 
 My Kong upon the uight air eteallug. 
 Will fill thy heart witk sweetest fec^liag 
 Wliile I sing this meloily. 
 CJt^>ru3. — Come, uij love, Ac. • 
 
 Thro^v them eyes down ou thy loTof, 
 From thy blooming rosy bower 
 Give this dark a single Hower 
 To thy memory. 
 Chorus, — Come, rny ]ove> "^c 
 
 The evening Mar is fast a-waa!ug. 
 The ulght is dark, the clonds are ramiag, 
 
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 Herft ihy Sambo stands a-waitiag — 
 Hurry, my ileare^l Juliauu. 
 
 C/«<»rtt*.— Corae, my love, Ac. 
 
 CORA LFE 
 
 Yt :js )i8.ve fled ■ince last I ;Ci\y thee, 
 
 Standiaj; in thy rc;ttace door, 
 Uinjjlplfi briii^it as golden siinbeams, 
 
 Fioaljug o'er Ihy pale yonuej brow, 
 Bet thy hmi|<' Ik ever with vae. 
 
 Though I'll 8c- thee never jnore , 
 And thy form, nh I faucy's fair dreams 
 
 Ne'er can briug one hko thou. 
 
 CIIORIS. 
 
 Pole tho moon brtms faH at eren, 
 
 On the green Inrf on r tliee, 
 
 But thy g«»r.tle k^uVb in h«aveu, 
 
 Farewell, lofct sue, Cora Lea. 
 
 Ohf eks M r«»d aB summer rouc^, 
 
 Eyes as blue an fiummer sky, 
 Now the willow sway? its tret^sef, 
 
 O'er thy grave, dear Cora Lev, 
 And a heart \Tlio?r veaiih diKclo?c*. 
 
 L«ve g'»;ns sparkling in thine rye. 
 Arid at eve the d*w drop nestles, 
 
 In the wild flowers o'er thee. 
 
 Slilthy voice, like music Blfali; jr, 
 
 Llngem rjuhd where last we met, 
 And I l,ear tkre when I'm *]»^rping. 
 
 Whisper, "thon caii'pt ne'er lorget. 
 Ka pale marb'e gleams above her, 
 
 Yet how daar that ipot to mc, 
 Mtin'/y wandera to ih^e ever, 
 
 ''Anjel stolen" Cora Lo«. 
 
85 corrax mao .^lELODres. 
 
 YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS. 
 
 Thore's a Yellow Boe-c ie Texaa that I am goin^^Useef 
 3fo other derkey k-cjwsher, so darkey oeIj me ; 
 She criod 80 when I left her it U'<© to broke m« hfeart., 
 Aud if r ever find her , w* nevu^r aiore will part. 
 
 She's tii6 swefjtcj-;. }vS6 of et'lor tJiiis darkey ever kn(?w; 
 Hor eye» are bri<;ht aa diaraoD», they jiparxle liketlse dow 
 You may talk alwut your Bearesfc Ma«, and sing of Rosy 
 
 Le-e, 
 But the Yelk)w T.<^s^ of Tex-is b«atg IJiS balles of Taa 
 
 Where the Rio Grand i*; flowiag, asd the starry sskl^ 
 
 are bright, 
 She walk? along the rirer in the qnlet SKmmer Tii.?ht ; 
 She thinks, if Irenafvmber, when we parted long ago, 
 I.promised to come back afia,.itadxic?t leave her m, 
 
 * 
 Chorits. 
 
 C»h 1 aow 1 am g'>inig to fiod her, for my heart is full o^ 
 
 Axid we'll siag the aoQg together thai w* aung so l<>ag 
 
 ago ; 
 We'll play the b&rjd gdly, and we'll sing the seng« o(? 
 
 yoro, 
 
 And the Yellow Kose c?Tex*s shall he mine foreret- 
 
 more, 
 
 •■-♦•♦ — i — 
 
 What am de reason dat de niggers like to dance ^ 
 Jkik&ae thar legs am so crooked dey can't stand still. 
 
 Why are little Bchrvol children Vike wafeta ? Be- 
 cause you have tc* lick tkem to naake them stick to 
 the letters. 
 
 Why is a weak, verdant person like a certain 
 plant ? Becunse he ia ever grem. 
 
 You havn't got it, you wouldn't have it; you don't 
 want it, bat if yoii had it, you wuuida't take a thou - 
 sand doUart for it, Wh^t )« it ? A bald head. 
 
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