From At the Big House by Anne Virginia Culbertson (Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1904), page 72 (This is a book of animal tales reminiscent of Uncle Remus.):

...Then Tim sang a plantation song about "Cindy Ann" that ran something like this:

1. I'se gwine down ter Richmond,
I'll tell you w'at hit's for:
I'se gwine down ter Richmond
Fer ter try an' end dis war.

CHORUS: An'-a you good-by, Cindy, Cindy,
Good-by, Cindy Ann;
An'-a you good-by, Cindy, Cindy,
I'se gwine ter Rappahan.

2. I oon ma'y a po' gal,¹
I'll tell de reason w'y:
Her neck so long an skinny
I'se 'feard she nuver die.

3. I oon ma'y a rich gal,
I'll tell de reason w'y:
Bekase she dip so much snuff
Her mouf is nuver dry.

4. I ru'rr ma'y a young gal,²
A apple in her han',
Dan ter ma'y a widdy³
Wid a house an' a lot er lan'.

[My translation:
1. I wouldn't marry a poor girl
2. I'd rather marry a young girl
3. Than to marry a widow
—JD]