"Zip Coon" (1834)
(aka "Turkey in the Straw")
A Favorite Comic Song.
[by either?
George Washington Dixon,
George Nichols,
or Bob Farrell]
Sung by Mr. George Washington Dixon

1.
O ole Zip Coon he is a larned skoler,
O ole Zip Coon he is a larned skolar,
O ole Zip Coon he is a larned skolar,
Sings posom up a gum tree an cooney in a holler,
posom up a gum tree, cooney on a stump,
posum up a gum tree, cooney on a stump,
posum up a gum tree, cooney on a stump,
Den over dubble trubble, Zip Coon will jump.

CHORUS
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2.
O its old Suky blue skin, she is in lub wid me
I went the udder arter noon to take a dish ob tea;
What do you tink now, Suky hab for supper,
Why chicken foot an posum heel, without any butter.

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3.
Did you eber see the wild goose, sailing on de ocean,
O de wild goose motion is a berry pretty notion;
Ebry time de wild goose, beckons to de swaller,
You hear him google google google google gollar.

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4.
I went down to Sandy Hollar tother arternoon
And the first man I chanced to meet war ole Zip Coon;
Ole Zip Coon he is a natty scholar,
For he plays upon de Banjo "Cooney in de hollar."

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5.
My old Missus she's mad wid me,
Kase I wouldn't go wid her into Tennessee
Massa build him barn and put in de fodder
Twas dis ting and dat ting on ting or odder.

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6.
I pose you heard ob de battle New Orleans,
Whar ole Gineral Jackson gib de British beans;
Dare de Yankee boys ob de job so slick,
For dey cotch old Packenham an rowed him up de creek.

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7.
I hab many tings to tork about but just dont know wich come first,
So here de toast to ole Zip Coon before he gin to rust;
May he hab de pretty girls, like de King ob ole,
To sing dis song so many times, 'fore he turn to mole.

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