"Goin' Ober de Mountain" (ca. 1850s)
A Celabrated American
NIGGER MELODY
Sung with great Applause by
Mr. SHARP also by Mr. HENRY RUSSELL,
& OTHER VOCALISTS.
Arranged with Symphonies & Accompaniments
by
W. WEST.

[Source: 017/098@Levy]

1.
'Twas in a slash Wir ginny break,
Sambo lib, dat some call Jake;
Round de world you'd hear de ring.
Ob de reglar roarer he would sing.

CHORUS
Ree Romee Roreo,
Come my Dinah darling!
Fare you well my nigger gal,
For I'm goin' ober de mountain.

2.
Push de ole horse on like mad,
Wop him till he grin quite glad;
Dey come for debt upon dat day,
Nigger cut him stick 'cause he couldn't pay.

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3.
O Dinah cut along wid me,
Come and are strange country;
Says, she dear Sambo dat I will,
Gidee! how I slash de knacker up de hill.

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4.
Him play de Banjo all de day,
Crows meat couldn't feed the way,
Dinah for to make him go,
Wop him well wid de ole Banjo.

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5.
When our journey slick through done,
Kick our legs away wid fun,
Split de wing an on we go,
Playing away on de ole Banjo.

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6.
Old horse pitch on both him knees,
Didn't rain altho' it freeze,
Waited a week to find his breath,
Dat was de cause of ole horse death.

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7.
Scoop de ditch, and lay him in,
Like de debil he did grin,
Tow doctors came to see what ail,
Say him die wid da "ear ache" in his tail.

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8.
Dinah den grow berry cross,
All for poor ole Crows meat loss;
In one place I kiss her twice,
And dat she said was berry nice.

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9.
An ober de mountain I did go,
I stumble ober broder Joe,
Ask him cibil, how you're do?
None de bette for seeing ob you.

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10.
Reach Philadelphy de next day,
Nigger den was berry gay;
Massa Jones die ob it make;
Leab all his money to Dinah and Jake.

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11.
So den our journey was all done,
Me and Dinah make but one;
Grin like 'possums up a tree,
None so happy as Dinah and me.