 | The Music of Stephen C. Foster . |  |
95
“WAY DOWN IN CA-I-RO.”
[1]
Oh! ladies dont you blush when I come out to play;I only mean to please you all, and den I's guine away.
CHORUS.
I hear my true-lub weep,I hear my true-lub sigh,
`Way down in Cairo dis nigga's guine to die.
[2]
Sometimes de nigga's life is sad, some times his life is gay,When de work dont come too hard he's stingin all de day.
CHORUS.
[3]
Now we libs on de fat ob de land, now we libs on de leanWhen we hab no cake to bake we sweep de kitchen clean.
[4]
Massa bought a bran new coat and hung it on de wall,Dis nigga's guine to take dat coat, and wear it to de ball.
[5]
All de ladies in de land, and all de gemmen too.Am guine to hear de darkey band and see what dey can do.
CHORUS.
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