"Kate of Carolina" (1847)
Written by Silas Sexton Steele
Sung by Anthony F. Winnemore

[Source: 020/017@Levy]

1.
SOLO
I travel's o'er de west an' souf,
CHORUS
  Before I got my freedom.
SOLO
Clar to de Mississippi's mouf
CHORUS
  Before I got my freedom;
SOLO
I've met wid gals both black and red.
  And each look'd more diviner,
But none can fill dis heart an head,
  Like Kate ob Carolina.
CHORUS
But none can fill dis heart an head,
  Like Kate ob Carolina.

2. 
SOLO
I met her in a tater field,
CHORUS
  Before I got my freedom;
SOLO
Her eye was like an onion peeled,
CHORUS
  Before I got my freedom;
SOLO
My Massa bid me hoe de weed,
  From round de tater vine sa,
But de only vine dar dat I seed,
  Was Kate ob Carolina.
CHORUS
But de only vine dar dat I seed,
  Was Kate ob Carolina.

3.
SOLO
A lock ob hair for me she pull,
CHORUS
  Before I got my freedom;
SOLO
'Twas soft as new born Goose's wool,
CHORUS
  Before I got my freedom;
SOLO
I twist it into Banjo strings,
  Its music was divine ah,
But de only tune dat I would sing,
  Was Kate ob Carolina.
CHORUS
But de only tune dat I would sing,
  Was Kate ob Carolina.

4.
SOLO
My Mistress coach team run away
CHORUS
  Bekase she could'nt lead em
SOLO
I save her life on dat same day
CHORUS
  And so I got my freedom
SOLO
But I'd go back to old Eutaw
  An! hoe de tater vine sa
To be de slave by Hymen's law
  Of Kate ob Carolina.
CHROUS
To be de slave by Hymen's law
  Of Kate ob Carolina.