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 == Lyrics section need work == 

 This section uses such words a ""masculine"", ""boasting"", ""rawness"", ""disdain for social taboos"" ""animalistic"", driven by sex, violence"", ""ugly"", ""unrefined"", ""unintelligent"", ""infantilized"", etc., which are not in fact supported by the lyrics of the original. Here are the three variations as can be attributed to the original: 
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 |align=""center""|""Original Banjo Melodies"" 
 |align=""center""|""The Celebrated Negro Melodies"" 
 |align=""center""|Emmett's manuscript 
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 :I come to town de udder night,  
 :I hear de noise an saw de fight,  
 :De watchman was a runnin roun,  
 :Cryin Old Dan Tucker's come to town.  

 ::So get out de way! Get out de way!  
 ::Get out de way! Old Dan Tucker.  
 ::Your to late to come to supper.  

 :Tucker is a nice old man, 
 :He use to ride our darby ram; 
 :He sent him whizzen down de hill, 
 :If he had'nt got up he'd lay dar still 
 ::Get out &c. 

 ;:Here's my razor in good order  
 :Magnum bonum—jis hab bought 'er;  
 :Sheep shell oats, Tucker shell de corn,  
 :I'll shabe you soon as de water get warm 
 ::Get out &c. 

 ;:Ole Dan Tucker an I god drunk, 
 :He fell in de fire an kick up a chunck, 
 :De charcoal got inside he shoe 
 :Lor Bless you honey how de ashes flew. 
 ::Get out &c. 

 ;:Down de road foremost de stump, 
 :Massa make me work de pump; 
 :I pump so hard I broke de sucker, 
 :Dar was work for ole Dan Tucker. 
 ::Get out &c. 

 ;:I went to town to buy some goods 
 :I lost myself in a piece of woods, 
 :De night was dark I had to suffer, 
 :It froze de heel of Daniel Tucker. 
 ::Get out &c. 

 ;:Tucker was a hardened sinner,  
 :He nebber said his grace at dinner;  
 :De ole sow squeel, de pigs did squall  
 :He 'hole hog wid de tail and all. 
 ::Get out &c. 

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 :I come to town de oder night, 
 :I look'd around I seed a sight 
 :De Watchemen dey assemble round 
 :Oh! Hark! Ole Tucker is come to town. 

 ::Get out de way, Get out de way 
 ::Get out de way now Ole Dan Tucker 
 ::You're too late to come to supper. 

 :Here's my razor in good order  
 :Magnum bonum just a border  
 :Sheep shell oats ole Tucker shell de corn,  
 :And I shave you soon as my water warm. 
 ::Get out de way &c. 

 ;:De \nigger\s dey come far and near 
 :To hear him play dis ole banjo 
 :He used to sit by de light ob de moon 
 :And fire away dis good ole tune. 
 ::Get out de way &c. 

 ;:Ole Tucker lib in a little log hut 
 :His face it was de color ob sut 
 :His nose was flat his eye was full 
 :And his head looked like a bag of wool. 
 ::Get out de way &c. 

 ;:Ole Tucker did'nt come from Guinea 
 :Be he libed in ole Virginny 
 :He used to lib on so much fat 
 :Dat his head so big he could'nt wear a hat. 
 ::Get out de way &c. 

 ;:I went up to Keeple steeple 
 :Dare I met some colored people 
 :some was brack and some was bracker 
 :Some was de color ob brown tobacco. 
 ::Get out de way &c. 

 ;:Way down in ole Beaver creek 
 :De \nigger\s grow some ten or leven feet 
 :Dey go to bed but it aint no use 
 :For dare feet hang out for de chicken roost. 
 ::Get out de way &c. 

 ;:Sheep and hog walking in de paster 
 :Knife and fork a sticking in dare shoulder 
 :Wonder where is ole Dan Tucker 
 :To come an kill dis hog for supper. 
 ::Get out de way &c. 

 ;:Dare was a nigger in our town 
 :He swallowed a hogshead molasses down 
 :De molasses worked de hogshead bust 
 :And he went up in a thunder gust. 
 ::Get out de way &c. 

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 :I come to town de udder night, 
 :I hear de noise, den saw de sight 
 :De watchmen dey runnin' roun' 
 :Cryin' ""Ole Dan tucker's Come to town"". 

 ::Get out de way, (repeat) 
 ::Get out de way now Ole Dan Tucker 
 ::You's too late to come to supper. 

 :Sheep an' hog a walkin' in de pasture, 
 :Sheep says, ""hog can't yo go faster?"" 
 :Hush! hush! honey, hear de wolf growlin', 
 :Ah, ah, de Lawd, bull dog growlin'. 
 ::Git outen de way, etc. 

 :Here's my razor in good order  
 :Magnum bonum—jis hab bought 'er;  
 :Sheep shell oats an' Tucker shell de corn,  
 :And I shabe you soon de water gits warm. 
 ::Git outen de way, etc. 

 :Tucker went roun' hickry steeple, 
 :Dar he meet some colored people, 
 :Some was