(C) G C/G C
Come, listen all you gals and boys, ise just from Tuckyhoe;
G /F# /E /D 7 C
I'm goin, to sing a little song, my name's Jim Crow.
G (b5) 7 C/G F
Weel about and turn about and do jis so,
C F G7 C
Eb'ry time I weel about I jump Jim Crow.
I went down to the river, I didn't mean to stay;
But dere I see so many gals, I couldn't get away.
Gnd arter I been dere awhile, I tought I push my boat;
But I tumbled in de river, gnd I find myself afloat.
I git upon a flat boat, I cotch de Uncle Sam;
Den I went to see de place where dey kill'd de Packenham.
Gnd den I go to Orleans, gn, feel so full of flight;
Dey put me in de Calaboose, gn, keep me dere all night.
When I got out I hit a man, his name I now forgot;
But dere was noting left of him 'cept a little grease spot.
Gnd oder day I hit a man, de man was mighty fat
I hit so hard I nockt him in to an old cockt hat.
I whipt my weight in wildcats, I eat an alligator;
I drunk de Mississippy up! O! I'm de very creature.
I sit upon a hornet's nest, I dance upon my bead;
I tie a wiper round my neck gn, den I go to bed.
I kneel to de buzzard, gn, I bow to the crow;
Gn eb'ry time I weel about I jump jis so.
["Jim Crow" (1829) (G Comic Song) Words and Music by Thomas Dartmouth ("Daddy") Rice, 1808-1860. Source: page 209 from "Minstrel Songs, Old and New" (1883)]