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 THE NEGRO AND COMIC SONGSTER.

REAL WIRGINNY BREAKDOWN. Sung with rapturous applause by Mr. S. Cowell. Oh, white folk, white folk, Nothing can be finer Dan de way de nigger sings Down in Carolina; Dey take a heap o' oa'-cake, And put it on a table, And sing like de debil den So long as dey are able. Den break de bone and chew de meat, Go to bed wid dirty feet, Dirty all de linen sheet, Den get up an' look so neat, An' take a walk along de street, An' who d'ye tink'e chance to meet ? Why Massa's nigger, Sambo Pete, Standin' a corner ob de street, Now wasn't dat a dainty treat ? A boodle-ink-a-tool, &c. 'Way down South Dars a nigger in de water, He's a stannin' in de 'mill-pond Longer dau he ought to; By cum an ole man, Hit 'im wid de shovel, I declare Sambo thought he war A goin' to de debil.