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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
20-Aug-07 - 10:08 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Balm of Gilead
Subject: Lyr Add: Balm of Gilead
Lyr. Add: BALM OF GILEAD
Arr. H. T. Bryant 1861

Oh, we ain't, going home any more,
Oh, we ain't going home any more,
Oh, we ain't going home any more, .....
Down't the peach blow farm.

Balm of Gilead,
Balm of Gilead,
Balm of Gilead,
Down't peach blow farm.

1.
Massa loved his good old jamaica, his good old jamaica, his good old jamaica,
Massa loved his good old jamaica,
Down in Al-a-ba-ma.
2.
Ain't I glad to get out the wilderness, get out the wilderness, get out the wilderness,
Ain't I glad to get out the wilderness,
Oh,   my    lamb.
3.
My old horse he came from Jerusalem, he came from Jerusalem, he came from Jerusalem,
He kick so high they put him in the mus'eum,
Down in Al-a-ba-ma.

Chorus:
Hip! Hip! hurrah!
Ah, ah, Hip! hip! hurrah!
Oh, my lamb.
Oh, we aint, going home anymore,
Oh, we ain't going home any more,
Oh, we ain't going home any more ......
Down't the peach blow farm.
Balm of Gilead,
Balm of Gilead,
Balm of Gilead,
Down't the peach blow farm.

Copyright 1861, by Oliver Ditson & Co.
Printed with musical score, pp. 109-111, "Minstrel Songs Old and New," Copyright 1882, Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston.

In the Civil War armies, "Balm of Gilead" meant any hard liquor.

Lyr. Add: BINGO

Here's to U. of C., drink it down, drink it down;
Here's to U. of C., drink it down, drink it down;
Here's to U. of C., here is to our Varsity,
Drink it down, drink it down, down, down.

Balm of Gilead, Gilead, Balm of Gilead, Gilead,
Balm of Gilead, way down on the Bingo farm.

We won't go there any more, (3x)
Way down on the Bingo farm.

Bingo, Bingo, Bingo, Bingo, Bingo, Bingo,
Way down on the Bingo farm.

Old University of Chicago song.
http://home.uchicago.edu/~ahkissel/cgosongs.html
University Chicago Songs

Many University of Chicago songs at this website.

"Down at Penny's Farm" is much changed from the old minstrel song posted here, but I believe that they are related.