OLE SHADY.
Reading edition
THE SONG OF THE CONTRABAND.
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Oh! yah! yah! darkies laugh wid me, For de white folks say Ole Shady's free, So don't you see dat de jubilee Is a coming, coming, Hail mighty day.
CHORUS.
Den away, away, for I can't wait any longer, Hooray, hooray, I'm going home. Den away, away, for I can't wait any longer, Hooray, hooray, I'm going home.
2. Oh, Mass' got scared and so did his lady, Dis chile breaks for Ole Uncle Aby, "Open de gates out here's Ole Shady a coming, coming," Hail mighty day. Chorus. 3. Good bye Mass' Jeff, good bye Mis'r Stephens, 'Scuse dis niggah for takin his leavins, 'Spect pretty soon you'll hear Uncle Abram's coming, coming, Hail mighty day. Chorus. 4. Good bye hard work wid never any pay, Ise a gwine up North where the good folks say, Dat white wheat bread and a dollar a day, Are coming, coming, Hail mighty day. Chorus. 5. Oh, I've got a wife, and I've got a baby, Living up yonder in Lower Canady,[A] Won't dey laugh when dey see Ole Shady A coming, coming, Hail mighty day. Chorus.