Lyr. Add: OLD JOE (2)

Old Joe sat at the garden gate,
He couldn't get in for he was too late;
He up wid his foot and kicked wid his toe
I want to come in 'Cried ole black Joe.'
          Ole Joe, Ole Joe, Ole Joe.

Chorus:
Ole Joe kicking out a hind and a fore,
And a yellow girl kicking out a hind Ole Joe.

Out came Dianah what you doing dere,
I want your gun to shoot dat bear;
Stand back nigger, dat game won't do,
Joe got so wild dat he burst his shoe.
                Ole Joe, Ole Joe, Ole Joe etc.
Very early the next morn,
Joe went in the fields to hoe some corn;
He worked so hard that he got it done,
He finished all by the smash of the sun.
                Ole Joe, Ole Joe, etc.

The whiskey got in Joe's head,
He staggered and fell down under a shed;
He was taken home and put to bed,
In three months after poor Joe was dead.
                Ole Joe, Ole Joe, etc.

Sung by Mr. T. Dunn. Printed by J. Sharp, London, c. 1845. Johnson Ballads 1149, Bodleian Collection.