Aint Got Time to Stay.

Respectfully Dedicated To Billy Randall
By J.D. Neppert

I'se agwine to trabel on de railroad train-
        Aint got time to stay;
I'se brought de umbrella in case dar's rain-
        Aint got time to stay.
De baggage am checked, de passage am paid-
        Aint got time to stay;
If de bulgine busts, I'll get raised-
        Aint Got Time to Stay.
                Aint got time to stay,
                Aint got time to stay;
                Sing halleluj, shake hands all around-
                Aint got time to stay.
De engineer he am a jolly ole coon-
        Aint got time to stay;
He can send me on a trip to de moon-
        Aint got time to stay.
Den look out darkies, I tell you beware-
        Aint got time to stay;
Dars danger a-floatin' frough de air-
        Aint got time to stay.
Tell Brudder Simpson when I'm gone-
        Aint got time to stay;
To pray for me both night an' morn-
        Aint got time to stay.
Tell Brudder Kearney dat I said so-
        Aint got time to stay;
To change his song, for de Chinese won't go-
        Aint got time to stay.

San Francisco, 1879

Clipper Songs: "Of The People, By The People, and For The People."
New York Clipper, 24 May, 1879, p.68