Interesting variant, "Brought from Arkansas to Western Nebraska, 1882."

Lyr. Add: Ain't I Goin'

1.
Ol' Missis gimmie ham of meat,
Ol' Massa gimmie two;
Ol' Missis gimmie ham of meat
To tote to the barbecue.

Chorus 1-
And ain't I goin', a goin', agoin'!
Ain't I goin'. goin', goin'!
Ain't I goin', goin', goin'!
Down de ol' plank road.

2
Lizy Jane am a fine ol' gal,
Eyes as black as jet;
I always tried to marry her,
Never come it yet.

Chorus 2-
So get along home, Si and a Cindy!
Get along home, Si and a Cindy!
Get along home, Si and a Cindy!
Take your time and go.

3
If I was gwine to trabbel,
I'd trabbel dis worl' roun';
Ans if I was to marry,
I'd marry Manthy Brown.

So get along home, etc.

4
O, you can ride the old gray hoss,
And I will ride the roan,
You can play with your sweetheart,
But let my gal alone.

O, ain't I goin', etc.

5
O, if I had a scolding wife,
As sure as you are born,
I'd take her down to New Orleans,
And trade her off for corn.

So get along home, etc.

"The tune is reminiscent of "Lucy Long," a negro-minstrel piece popular fifty years ago. I insert one of its stanzas and the chorus for comparison with stanza 5 as given above.
[From the "Rosebud Songster"]

O, if I had a scolding wife,
I'd whip her sure's you're born,
I'd take her down to New Orleans
And trade her off for corn.

So take your time, Miss Lucy
Take your time, Miss Lucy Long;
Take your time, Miss Lucy,
O Lucy, Lucy Long!

"From the dialect, negro origin may be inferred from Stanza 1 and 3. Its persistence may be due to the idiosyncracies of the singer,- a white boy who had lived in Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri."

Jour. American Folklore, 1915, vol. 28, no. 108, pp. 171-172 (of 262-289).

Edwin F. Piper, Some Play-Party Games of the Middle West