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 align center Original Banjo Melodies align center The Celebrated Negro Melodies align center Emmett s manuscript valign top 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 valign top 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 ai nt 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 valign top 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