"My Ole Gal
Done Flew" (1895)
Plantation
Song
Words by
William H. Paine
Music by
Charles A. Chase

OLIVER DITSON COMPANY
BOSTON, 453-463 Washington St.
LONDON, 192 High Holborn, W.C.

New York, NY: C. H. Ditson & Co., 867 Broadway
Chicago, IL: Lyon & Healy, Cor. Wabash Ave. & Adams St.
Boston, MA: John C. Haynes & Co., 33 Court & 453 Washington Sts.
Philadelphia, PA: J. E. Ditson & Co., 1228 Chestnut St.
[Plate No.] 105--58,586--3.
[Source: 060/123@Levy]

1. I had a gal whith a muttonchopmouth,
And a voice that would raise the roof;
She was the homliest wench in the south,
And she never owned a tooth.
O she went up in a big balloon,
Done floated in the sky;
I spec’s the angels grabbed that gal,
But I’ll meet her by and by.
O

CHORUS [sung after each VERSE]
My old gal done flew,
She’s left dis world behind;
It don’t seem really true.
Its eased my troubled mind,
Such happiness and joy;
O darkies, howdy do,
I feel as lively as a boy,
Since my ole gal done flew.

2. Now gals and boys, we all must go
And have a glorious time;
We’ll celebrate on the ole banjo
The day ole Sue did climb.
We had boiled onions, sweet raccoon,
And possom crisp and fat;
The music played dis buful tune,
As to our feast we sat.
’Twas

3. When coon and possom was pulverized
We cleared the place to dance;
And ole tomcat got demoralized
To see those darkies prance.
Dey danced so hard and danced so fast,
Their bunnions soon got sore;
Such glorious scenes wer’n’t in dey past
Till Susan left de door.
O