"Old K. Y. KY" (1860)
Written and Composed for
BRYANT'S MINSTRELS, of New York,
by Daniel Decatur Emmett, 1815-1904
Arranged by W. L. Knees
from "Emmett's Inimitable Plantation Songs", No. 2

New York: Firth, Pond & Co., 547 Broadway
Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co.
New Orleans: P. P. Werlein
Plate No. 4947
[Source: 024/086@Levy]

1.
De snow am in de cloud,
  O, whose foot dat a burnin?
De wind does whistle loud,
  O, whose foot dat a burnin?
We'll 'round de fire crowd,
  O, whose foot dat a burnin?
  Dat foot did come, it told me so;
  Away from old K. Y. Ky.

CHORUS [sung after each verse]
O, whose foot dat a burnin;
O, whose foot dat, I say!
O, whose foot dat a burnin;
O, take dat foot away.
O, whose foot dat a burnin;
O, whose foot dat I say?
Dat foot did come,
It told me so.
Away from old K. Y. Ky.

2.
Oh course I took my seat,
  O, whose foot dat a burnin?
And den stuck out my feat,
  O, whose foot dat a burnin?
To cotch in all de heat,
  O, whose foot dat a burnin?
  Dat foot did come, it told me so;
  Away from old K. Y. Ky.

3.
De fire got hot,
  O, whose foot dat a burnin?
While fore it I did sot;
  O, whose foot dat a burnin?
I fast asleep did got,
  O, whose foot dat a burnin?
  Dat foot did come, it told me so;
  Away from old K. Y. Ky.

4.
De shoe begin to pinch,
  O, whose foot dat a burnin?
Dis darkie nebber flinch;
  O, whose foot dat a burnin?
I could'nt move an inch,
  O, whose foot dat a burnin?
  Dat foot did come, it told me so;
  Away from old K. Y. Ky.

5.
Somebody's foot must roast,
  O, whose foot dat a burnin?
Some foot as hot as toast;
  O, whose foot dat a burnin?
It crack like hickory post,
  O, whose foot dat a burnin?
  Dat foot did come, it told me so;
  Away from old K. Y. Ky.

6.
De hide begin to peel,
  O, whose foot dat a burnin?
'Tis mine! I 'gin to feel,
  O, whose foot dat a burnin?
De fire! at my heel!
  O, whose foot dat a burnin?
  Dat foot did come, it told me so;
  Away from old K. Y. Ky.