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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
14-May-07 - 10:24 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Santy Anno / Santy Ano / Santy Anna
Subject: Lyr. Add: Sandy Anna
From the Georgia Sea Islands:

Lyr. Add: SANDY ANNA

Seaman, what's the madda?
Hoo-ray 'o'ray
Seaman, what's the madda?
Hooray, Sandy Anna.

Seaman stole my dolla'
Hooray 'o'ray
He stole it in Savannah
Hooray, Sandy Anna.

He spend it in Havana
Hooray 'o'ray
I caught 'im in his colla'
Hooray, Sandy Anna.

I skake 'im till he holla'
Hooray 'o'ray
Seaman stole my dolla'
Hooray, Sandy Anna.

No. 49, With score, for lead tenor and basses.
Lydia Parrish, 1969, 1992, "Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands," pp. 206-207. Brown Thrasher Books, The University of Georgia Press.