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30 Nov 02 - 08:36 PM (#838041) Subject: Lyr Add: Down in de Co'n Fiel' (steamboat song) From: GUEST,Q Lyr. Add: Down in de Co'n Fiel' I see the black smoke rollin' high Way down yonder in de cornfield Dat heat am comin' by and by Way down yonder in de cornfield I hear dem engines belchin' steam, She's comin' whoopin' up de stream, She's gettin' warm wnen de whistles scream Way down yonder in de cornfield. Chorus: Den Hanna wake me airly in de morn I'm a gwine down yonder to de shuckin' ob de corn I'll nebber come home til I hear de dinner horn From way down yonder in de cornfield. I hoe de corn to de end of the row Way down yonder in de cornfield When you get to the fence den lay down your hoe Way down yonder in de cornfield Get on de fence an' you'll see her come, Dem big wheels fillin' de ribber wid foam It's de Baton Rouge an' she's gwine home Way down yonder in de cornfield. Dem Anchor Line boats am fast an' fine Way down youder in de cornfield But Bixby's boat am de boss ob de Line Way down yonder in de cornfield Look at de smoke an' de steam she make Catch all de fast boats gib 'em de shake No use talkin' for she calls for de cake Way down yonder in de cornfield. Words and music by William Shakespeare Hays, 1871. Dedicated to Capt. Jas. O'Neal, Gen. Supt. St. Louis and New Orleans Anchor Line Steamers. Originally pub. J. L. Peters, NY Evocative of the steamship days on the river. The coming of the ship provides a welcome break in the field routine. Lyrics in PDMusic. Down in the Cornfield Index and Midi in PD music> Midi and index In the Index (lyrics and midis compiled by Benjamin Robert Tubb), click on name of song to get midi; click on name of composer to get lyrics. American Memory has 1883 copies of the sheet music, one published by Newhall in Cincinnati (copyright holder), the other by Ditson in Boston. |
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30 Nov 02 - 09:20 PM (#838057) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in de Co'n Fiel' (steamboat song) From: masato sakurai From American Memory: Down in de co'n fiel' by Will S. Hays (Cincinnati: Newhall, Geo. D., 1883) Down in de co'n fiel' by Will. S. Hays (Boston, Massachusetts, Oliver Ditson; (copyright by) Geo. D. Newhall, 1883) |