Tell Poor Lou I'm Gone (Nigger Lou)



cho: Tell poor Lou I'm gone, (You'll get no supper here,)

Tell poor Lou I'm gone, (You'll get no supper here,)

Law! Law, my pretty gal

You'll get no supper here.



Beefsteak and mutton ham

Little bit of sorghum too;

Any one man that can stomach all that

Does a little more than I can do.



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Eighteen horses in my team,

Leader he is blind;

Everywhere I drive that team

Got a pretty girl on my mind.



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Eighteen miles of mountain road

Sixteen miles of sand;

Ever I travel this road again,

Gonna be a married man.



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Awfullest sight, ever I seen

Two old cats a-fightin';

One hollered out: "That's no fair fight

'Cause t'other old thing's a-bitin'.



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Coffee grows on white-oak trees

Rivers flow with brandy;

Old folks live on bread and cheese

And the gals are sweet as candy.

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Collected from Rufus Crisp, Palmer Crisp in Allen, KY 1953.

Note: Rufus thought it was a minstrel show tune.

@banjo

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