MISS LUCY LONG
No composer cited, 1842

1
Oh I jist come out afore you,
To sing a little song
I plays it on de banjo
And dey calls it Lucy Long.

Cho.
Oh! take your time Miss Lucy
Take your time Miss Lucy Long
Oh! take your time Miss Lucy,
Take your time Miss Lucy Long.

2
Miss Lucy she is handsome
And Miss Lucy she is tall,
To see her dance Cachucha
Is death to Niggers all.
3
Oh Miss Lucy's teeth is grinning
Just like an ear ob corn,
And her eyes dey look so winning!
Oh would I'd ne'er been born.
4
I axed her for to marry
Myself de toder day,
She said she'd rather tarry
So I let her habe her way.
5
If she makes a scolding wife
As sure as she was born,
I'd tote her down to Georgia
And trade her off for Corn.

George Willig, Philadelphia, 1842.
Sheet music at The Detroit Public Library, the E. Azalia Hackley Collection, 19th and 20th Century Sheet Music of Negro Themes.
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