Here's the lyrics and ABC Notation for the Library of Congress archive of Old Uncle Eph [not Got The Coon] Some of the words are hard to read - but the melody is nice - Ed

OLD UNCLE EPH
Music by Bob Allen.

1. Oh, I'm getting old and sore,
And I cannot work no more,
And I'll tell of the days that have gone by,
And when you hear me through,
Then you find it is no go.
I'm to beat this Nig playing possum in da rye.
Oh, the days when I was young,
When the white folks call me son,
And to sing and dance was music for the deaf,
O but to sing and dance, I'll try
Before I say good by,
For there's dancing yet in Old Uncle Eph.

2. Oh, when I was young and gay,
I had many's the happy day,
O way down up on the old cotton fields.
Oh, but ever de white folks say,
That I will pass away
And there'll be no more dancing left in my old heels.
Oh, before that day does come
That this nigger gwine home
To that land where we all believe,
O but to sing and dance, I'll try
Before I say good by.
There's dancing left in poor old Uncle Eph.

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