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 21 Dan how de nigger kick up him heel Dancing wid de yaller gal de Highlan' recl Dance &c. De boatman quarrel, de boatman fight, De boatman make de nigger turn white, De boatman baste him like a goose, Den lock him up in a calabuse. Dance, &c. Come let me out de nigger cry, Me let him out and away him fly, And once de nigger him got a-shore, He neber play de trick wid de boatman any Dance, &c. [more.

OLE VIRGINNY SHORE. Oh, if I was only young again, I'd lead a different life; I'd save my money-buy a farm, And take Dinah for my wife. But now old age he holds me tight, And my limbs are growing sore, Den carry me back to Ole Virginny, To Ole Virginny shore. Now ebery day de world goes round And pleasures from us run: Oh, wouldn't I lead a happy life, If I was only young. But now I am so feeble grown, I can't work any more, Den carry me back to Ole Virginny, To Ole Virginny shore. Oh, when I'm dead and gone to rest Lay de banjo by my side; Let de 'possum and 'coon to de funeral go For dey were my only pride. In soft repose I'll take my sleep, And I'll dream for eber more. Den carry me back to Ole Virginny, To Ole Virginny shore.