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Thread #30683 Message #2507019
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
03-Dec-08 - 01:57 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Down in Demerara
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Down in Demerara
Of course this is the famous old minstrel song, "Down in Alabam', 1858, Bryant's Minstrels.
Chorus:
Ain't I glad I got out de wilderness,
Got out de wilderness,
Got out de wilderness,
Ain't I glad I got out de wilderness
Down in Alabam'.
Sheet music at American Memory
During the Civil War, the verse "Old Abe Lincoln came out of the wilderness,..." was popular. I think song sheets of this time are at American Memory as well.
There was a thread with this information a while back.