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THE GUM TREE CANOE (S.S. Steele) On Tombigbee river so bright I was born, In a hut made ob husks ob de tall yaller corn, An dar I fust meet wid my Jula so true An I row'd her about In my Gum Tree Canoe cho: Singing row away row, O'er the waters so blue, Like a feather we'll float, In my Gum Tree Canoe All day in de field de soft cotton I hoe, I tink of my Jula an sing as I go, Oh I catch her a bird, wid a wing ob true blue, An at night sail her round in my Gum Tree Canoe. Singing row away &c. Wid my hands on de banjo and toe on de oar, I sing to de sound ob the rivers soft roar; While de stars dey look down at my Jula so true, An' dance in her eye in my Gum Tree Canoe. Singing row away &c. Sung by A.F.Winnemore filename[ GUMTREE2 LV apr97 Popup Midi Player 
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Gum Tree Canoe Gum Tree Canoe (tune collected by Warren Fahey from Jim Cargill in 1973 ) Gum Tree Canoe (the tune sung by Freddie Bolton ... and the accepted tune in folk circles ) Tombigbee River (Gum Tree Canoe) |
