Lyr. Add: OLE EGYP' 2

Keep uh runnin', keep uh runnin',
Fiah gwine tuh *obutek you,
Keep uh runnin', keep uh runnin',
Fiah gwine tuh obutek you,
Keep uh runnin', keep uh runnin',
Fiah gwine tuh *obutek you,
Way down yonduh een dat lonesome grabeyaa'd.

2
Keep uh runnin', keep uh runnin',
Yeddy* ole Egyp' duh *yowlin'
Keep uh runnin', keep uh runnin',
Yeddy ole Egyp' duh yowlin',
Keep uh runnin', keep uh runnin',
Yeddy ole Egyp' duh yowlin',
Way down yonduh een dat lonesome grabeyaa'd.


3
Ahoooooo, ahoooooo, yeddy ole Egyp' duh yowlin', (3x)
Way down yonduh een dat lonesome grabeyaa'd.

4
Mmmmmmmm, mmmmmmmm, yeddy ole Egyp' duh yowlin' (3x)
Way down yonduh een dat lonesome grabeyaa'd.

*yeddy- hear. yowlin'- howling. obutek- overtake. Gullah dialect.

With musical score, sung "mysteriously," from Rock River.
Ole Egyp' first posted from Santee River.

Augustine T. Smythe et al., 1931, "The Carolina Low Country," section on Spirituals by Katharine C. Hutson et al., pp. 234-235.
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