Den Bring the White Folks One an All
Ise Been a Nigger True &c.
"Uncle Tom's Farewell" (1878)
By E. A. Benson
Author of 
Helen's Babies, Sweetest of Them All &c.

St. Louis, MO: E.A. Benson, 210 North Fifth St. 
[Source: Detroit Public Library,
The Hackley Collection;
Digital ID: dpl-hac-00068.dc 
OCLC Record ID: 50765526]

1. Good bye old massa I’se a dying, 
My hours are number’d now, 
And soon in peace I’ll be lying, 
Death’s damp is on my brow, 
Den bring de white folks one and all, 
I’se ben a niggur true, 
And ere I hear my maker’s call, 
I’ll bid dem all Adieu.

CHORUS [sung after each verse]
Den bring de white folks one and all, 
I’se ben a niggur true, 
And ere I hear my maker’s call, 
I’ll bid dem all Adieu.

2. Yes, did dem all adieu, for I 
Can neber say farewell, 
It seems to me de last good bye, 
And surely I’se been tell, 
Dat dis bright land where I’se a guine, 
Is a land dats just and right, 
And each one dar will equaly shine, 
If his soul be just as white.

3. And missus I will meet her there, 
And little Josey too, 
And master John de brave and fair, 
Who died while wearing de blue, 
Oh happier den all happy  things, 
When a life well spent is ending, 
And de happy thought which a deathbed brings, 
And de grace of God descending.

4. Den dig my grave ’neath the chestnut tree, 
Wid de spade I used so long, 
And all join in and sing for me, 
A good old methodist son, 
Yes shout it loud, that I may know, 
By faithful hearts ’tis giv’n, 
And while you sing it down below, 
I’ll shout it back from heav’n.