Lyr. Add: Old Joe
c. 1834

Ole Joe sat at the garden-gate,
He couldn/t get in, for it was too late;
He up wid him foot, and kick'd wid him toe;
"I want to come in," cried Ole black Joe.
"Who's dere?"- "Ole Joe?" - "What de Joe?"
"Yes, de Joe- Ole Joe, kicking up behind and before,
The yellow girl kicking up behind Ole Joe."

[Chorus, after each verse]
There's some one in de house wid Dinah,
There's some one in de house, I know;
There's some one in de house wid Dinah,
Playing on de ole banjo.

Out came Dinah.- "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.

Now early de next morn-
Joe went in de fields to hoe some corn;
He worked so hard that he got it done.
He finished all by de smash of de sun.

The whisky 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 Ole Joe was dead.

Dinah definitely a person.
One of several versions in the Bodleian Collection, the earliest with a closing date of 1834.
This seems to be a reworked version, put together from earlier songs/versions.
Ole (Old) Joe, Harkness, Preston;
Harding B11(2755); c. 1840-1866.