The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #11138   Message #1531018
Posted By: chico
29-Jul-05 - 05:16 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Old Gray Mare
Subject: Lyr Add: AIN'T I GLAD I GOT OUT DE WILDERNESS

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  Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
  
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  My old massa he's got the dropser, um, 
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  He'd got the dropser, um, he'd got the dropser, um,
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  He am sure to die 'kase he's got no doctor, um,
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  Down in Alabam'.
  
  Aint I glad I got out de wilderness, 
  Got out de wilderness, got out de wilderness
  Aint I glad I got out de wilderness,
  Down in Alabam'.
  
  Old blind horse come from Jerusalem,
  Come from Jerusalum, come from Jerusalum
  He kicks so high dey put him in de museum,
  Down in Alabam'.
  
  Dis am a holiday, we hab assembled, um,
  We hab assembled, um, we hab assembled, um
  To dance and sing for de ladies and genbleum,
  Down in Alabam'.
  
  Far you well to de wild goose nation, 
  Wild goose nation, wild goose nation,
  I neber will leab de old plantation,
  Down in Alabam'.
  
  ["Down in Alabam'; or, Aint I Glad I Got Out De Wilderness" (1858) Ethiopian Refrain as sung by Bryant's Minstrels Words and Music by J. Warner Arranged by Walter Meadows]