Subject: Lyr Add: JOSIPHUS ORANGE BLOSSOM (Ned Straight)
From:
Jim Dixon
Date: 28 Apr 08 - 07:20 AM
A from The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music:
JOSIPHUS ORANGE BLOSSOM
Written and composed by Ned Straight.
Cincinnati: John Church, Jr., 1868.
1. My name it is Josiphus Orange Blossom,
I'm the gayest colored ge'man in the land.
With the pretty girls I always plays the possum.
I'm a red-hot hunky-dory contraband.
When first I fell in love with Jane Melisser,
I tried my best to win from her a smile.
I caught her round the waist and tried to kiss her.
Says she: "Go 'way! I doesn't like your style."
Guess not. Red hot,
I'm the gayest colored ge'man in the land.
Oh! my name it is Josiphus Orange Blossom.
I'm a red-hot hunky-dory contraband.
2. I thought my Jane Melisser was a beauty,
So I popped the question to her Sunday night.
Says she: "I think you are the one to suit me.
Your company always gives me delight."
I told her that I thought she was perfection;
Upon her charming face my eyes could feast;
And if she had no serious objection,
Next Sunday night we'd patronize the priest.
Wa'n't she sweet? Hard to beat,
She was the blithest creature in the land;
And I know she loves Josiphus Orange Blossom.
I'm a red-hot hunky-dory contraband.
3. One evening sweet thoughts were o'er me creeping.
I thought upon my sweetheart I would call.
As in her window slyly I was peeping,
I saw something that did my heart appall:
Her teeth, and one eye laid upon the table,
Her pretty curls were hanging on a peg.
I laughed aloud as hard as I was able,
To see her taking off a wooden leg.
Oh! No! Not for Jo!
I can't take Mellisser for a wife,
So out of town I soon got up and dusted.
I never was so sold in all my life.
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