On the Plantation.
Dk night time oomin' an' de daylight scootin' , De jowdraps fallin' and de big owl hootin' ; You kin soon see de bright stars fallin' an' aflhootin', An' hear de old huntin' horn blowin' an' atootin 1 ! Oh I de Seben Stars gittin 1 up higher an' higher ; De supper time comin' on nigher and nigher. Gwine to cote Miss Dinah by de hick'ry fire, An' roaa dein tatera while I's mttin' down by her. De catbird happy when de cherries gottin' redder ; De sheep mighty libely when he grazin in de medder ; But de nigger an' his little gal settin' down togedder Jes' happy as a cricket in de sunshiny wedder 1
UI.IHUN - Hi 0, Miss Dinah, Listen to de song I Hi 0, Miss Dinah, I's coming straight erlong I Hi 0, Miss Dinah, Gwine to see you little later I — Hi, O Miss Dinah, Gwine to help you poel dat tater I
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1991, 11 April 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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157On the Plantation. Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1991, 11 April 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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