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Thread #169199   Message #4089098
Posted By: Steve Gardham
21-Jan-21 - 10:23 AM
Thread Name: Minstrel songs and chanties
Subject: RE: Minstrel songs and chanties
Nothing to do with chanties as such but interesting all the same to people here:

New Negro Forget-me-not Songster, for 1850 has
Come Day, Go Day, or Massa is a Stingy Man, sung by Old Dan Emmett.

Oh, massa is a stingy man,
And all his neighbours know it,
He keeps good whisky in his house,
And neber says here goes it.
    Sing come day, go day,
    God send Sunday,
    We'll drink whisky all de week,
    And buttermilk on Sunday. 10 verses in total.