"Old Shady," Poem, 4 October 186X
Old Shady
Oh yah yah darkies long wid
me for the white folks say "ole
Shadys free & dont you see dar
de Jubilee am a coming
hail mighty day..Chorus
Den away away for I cant wait
any longer Horay horay I am
going home Den away away
for I cant wait any longer
Horay Horay I a going home
Old massa got scat & soded
his Shady dis child breaks for
Ole uncle abey den open /
de gate and hear ole Shady
coming coming hail mighty
day Chorus
Good bye massa Jeff good
bye miss stebens scuse this
nigger for taken his leavin
spec prity soon youll hear
Uncle [faded] leaving coming
hail mighty day Chorus
Good bye hard work and nery
any pay Im goin up
North whare de white
folks say Dat white wheat
bread and two dollar a day
Am a coming coming Hail
mighty day Chorus /
Oh I got a wife
& Ive got baby
living ub yonder in
Lower Canady & wont
thay laugh when day hear
old Shady a coming coming
Hail mighty day
Chorus
Johnsbury Oct 4
St Johnsbury
DATABASE CONTENT
| (14443) | DL1942.081 | X.1 | Other | 186X-10-04 |
Tags: African Americans, Children, Food, Home, Jefferson Davis, Money, Religion, Slavery, Work
Places - Records: 1
- (1687) [origination] ~ St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont
SOURCES
"Old Shady," Poem, 4 October 186X, DL1942.081, Nau Collection
