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An' dah was n't any one o' dem a-playin' any mo';

Comin' down de flo' a-bowin' an' a-swayin' an' a-swingin',

Puttin' on huh high-toned mannahs all de time dat she was singin':

"Oh, swing Johnny up an' down, swing him all aroun',

Swing Johnny up an' down, swing him all aroun',

Oh, swing Johnny up an' down, swing him all aroun',

Fa' you well, my dahlin'."

Had to laff at ole man Johnson, he 's a caution now, you bet—

Hittin' clost onto a hunderd, but he 's spry an' nimble yet;

He 'lowed how a-so't o' gigglin', "I ain't ole, I 'll let you see,

D'ain't no use in gittin' feeble, now you youngstahs jes' watch me,"

An' he grabbed ole Aunt Marier—weighs th'ee hunderd mo' er less,