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The Blue Tail Fly (jimmie Crack Corn) lyrics
When I was young I use to wait
On massa an hand him his plate
An pass de bottle when he got dry
An brush away de blue-tail fly

Jimmie crack corn an I don t care
Jimmie crack corn an I don t care
Jimmie crack corn an I don t care
Ol Massa s gone away

One day he ride aroun de farm
De flies so num rous they did swarm
One chanced to bite him on de thigh
De devil take de blue-tail fly!

Jimmie crack corn an I don t care
Jimmie crack corn an I don t care
Jimmie crack corn an I don t care
Ol Massa s gone away

De pony run, he jump he pitch
He threw my Massa in de ditch
He died an de jury wondered why
De verdict was de blue-tail fly

Jimmie crack corn an I don t care
Jimmie crack corn an I don t care
Jimmie crack corn an I don t care
Ol Massa s gone away

They lay him under a simmon tree
His epitaph is there to see --
"Beneath this stone I m forced to lie --
Victim of de blue-tail fly."

Jimmie crack corn an I don t care
Jimmie crack corn an I don t care
Jimmie crack corn an I don t care
Ol Massa s gone away
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