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Thread #27246 Message #880722
Posted By: GUEST,Q
02-Feb-03 - 02:19 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Old Dan Tucker
Subject: RE: Old Dan Tucker
Another version in American Memory, 1845, "By Dan Tucker, Jr.," = "Dan Pucker Jr." Most of the verses have been posted in other lyrics. Don't believe this one has appeared yet.
Here's my razor in good order Magnum bonum, jis hab bought 'er; Sheep shell oats, Tucker shell de corn, I'll shabe you soon as de water get warm.
Lyr. Add: HOP LITE LOO (as sung by Frank Lunn, the celebrated Ethiopian commedian)
Ole Bull and ole Dan Tucker Played a match for an oyster supper; Ole Bull did Tucker beat, An', of course, he had to stand de treat.
Cho. With a hop lite loo, De Devil's in de big I am; Oh, Oh! de hop lite loo: Don't take it all, but just leave me some, an' Ram, jam de hoo da.
Daniel Tucker went out for to skate; He fell down on the ice and broke his pate; He fell down on the ice a little harder than he oughter; The ice broke through and the poor old devil fell in the water.
Nix Comarous with the Sourkrout; Hit a Negro on his shin and nock his eye out; Slock block, try hussac; oh! Jenny, come along With a good beefsteak and a boll of shu-shong.
Published by H. De Marsan, New York, n. d. (1860s?). American Memory, item 28 of 500 under Dan Tucker (America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets).