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Thread #62999   Message #1020410
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
16-Sep-03 - 11:01 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Billy Barlow 3 (Civil war)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: BILLY BARLOW 3 (Civil war)
Joe, your Billy Barlow (2) of 1836 is the one performed by Jack Reeve but is missing three verses in the sheet music published by George Endicot, New York.

Verse 5
I went to the races on Long Island so gay,
The man at the gate he ask'd to pay;
What pay, says I, and I looked at him so,
Pass on Sir, I know you, you're Mr. Barlow.

Verse 6
I had been on the track, but a minute or two,
Before the people flocked round me, what I tell you is true;
Whose that little fat Gentleman, does any one know,
Yes says a young lady, that's Mr. Billy Barlow.

Verse 7
There's a nigger been here, who they say was Jim Crow,
But he cleared out the moment I came, you must know;
If you doubt what I say, I can prove it is so,
Just look at the rigging of Billy Barlow.

Verses 8 and 9 as given.