Lyr. Add: WALK IN THE PARLOR
Anon.

I'm right from old Varginny, with my head so full of knarledge,
I never went to free school, or any udder college;
But I will tell you one thing, it is a certain fact.
I'll git you 'scription of de world in a twinkling of a crack.

1st Voice- So walk in
2nd Voice- Walk in!
3rd Voice- Walk in, I say
4th Voice- Walk into the parlor and hear de banjo play.

Chorus-
Walk into de parlor, and hear de banjo ring,
And watch de darkey's fingers while he picks it on de string.

Lightning is a yaller gal who libs up in de cloud,
Thunder is a black man, and he can holler loud,
When he kisses Lightning, she darts up in a wonder,
He jumps up and grabs de cloud, and dat's what makes it thunder.
1st Voice, etc.
Walk into de parlor, etc.

Noah built de ark, and filled it full of sassage,
All de odder animals took a cabin passage;
De elephant he cum last,-- Noah said "You're drunk!"
"No," said he, "it took me all dis time to pack away my trunk."
1st Voice, etc.
Walk into the parlor, etc.

O Noah sent de bird out to look for dry land,
When he cum back, he had de banjo in his hand;
I took up de banjo, and played 'em dis ere tune---
All the animals, 'cept the elephant, fell into a swoon.
1st Voice, etc.
Walk into the parlor, etc.

Song sheet, (1 of 2), J. Andrews, NYC.
Nineteenth C. song sheets, American Memory.