, 1870-03-27

SAtrh.t Ftt4A''. ton11nonly called 6beo FIJI, ,ss u
& @ s IGs i a. s { as. ss
s,.a aas is 5 seaI IL : e. Is PS by pas
coNF1s1so 11oor TIE "suoo nr~ oa4ors.
| A1Eo Of THE AAHAAAa-1Hk LAuans so7
ruRS ERoa DAN nRrAS7's Baow,
| 10 the Editor " Tae Sun:
slE: Ny Communication IN which asscrtel
that 'Shno Fly" xxs 1 cou1mon street SONG in
one OF tho RshA1na Islands sit years 1gu, il
xGF ..p y n4sa z doubted Gy y9ut correspondent,
words ''shoo Fly" sung. but doutts tho air,
| IN which h'onc exists itA great attraction. Ho
faEs the present air sprang from An excited
negro. It ball in Virgins, oas year ago, AtAl
"shoe ~, }on1 !ot.ae. sne,
fos Mtoug 70 Company g."
~ feel Ike morning stsr,~
AFRO sp1Ang into e1istence 1t tho sarne tine =:
ard that 4 ccrtAin nzinttreI who was At the ball
carried it with him, and introduced it in Lis
I+crUrtlAAcee
Now, sts- Editor, this il about as scnsiblea.
TopsIs assertion tAat she
Srves WAS born,
iuf sf'rAng up one black morn
Where did that Virginia dkrkey hear that
song! Dat an de question. He nusv hare
heard it whcu bog escn whcEc heard il ny.
ecif, aud Nr. Gnrard 1cA7nedit it from him. Does
this contradict ANYTHING have eNJ about il
Nov. tir, VIII surprise F. T. E. by inform
tuG h!tn that the sir is exAels the Same ~
lcard it saK years ago. There is this difference
in the wording, however, which makes no lif-
ference whzteyef ia The metre.
Shoo ~, don't botder me- {Scw style-}
Sdoo 15, dy dnu1 htstdes r.e- t09I st!s->
Shoe fly repeated quick, with the eu4rhasis
on the second fy. And viii .stoniah r. r. E.
further by stating that
ffPT fEf 4 *urw
belongs to ;he eonE I heard IN the Bahamas.
Il belong 10 Company
may @ havs esen n introduced y thst Tirginis NO.
but, hir, don't Company 4, c, OF b rhyme Just
.s weNs Ihare done vtth +: T. {.
And now, Ar, Editor, nm soius back on
you. The negroes Of the Bahamas, nor any
other conntsy. can't teas The tAurel4 from the
head Of Dan Rryant- He stands pse-erninent
tn adaptation at "Shoo Fly which ha. proved
to be grand euceess; but neither he nnr any
Of tLe other uaiust1els wrote "Shoo F1y." III
conclusion, hoT'o tho real Anthor Of" 6hoo
know Ill about that troubIesome IL dat
11r1ortcd lin to write tls.e song.
new Yonr, March 1st 1870.
MOO, fL1" TEE .1NE or Is EaI<H coz
-, ~ r1m1 a::,lc 4 y a1EASkAa !. BEFORE TEE WAR
sm: This luaicFous yst popular song IL not
At III ct recent birth or composition. having
been Fung long beforc the var in Geo.via, L
Il well known that \ fire engine bora tha mama
Of Shoe f1J Ia Savannah ~ fae hsck a.
ias6, hatinns derived It's name from this simple
and scnseleos snrE. Note tbs wordA IL b.
long to Co.nT'ny G."
suoo, FIT. DON'T BoDpEn AEi
think heAs DE- aneels sing,
LINK hekF de a1Een sing,
think het1 d. Rn%els Elng
De A1EeA noW Alt On dc wing.
Ifecl, ! feel, Ifcel
lHt1wt1t my E,ccdtt said;
Dc arEcsA pouring Txstes dpEu
upoa dta ntzse1's head.
cHpxS:
Saoo, oyi dcp1 holder mel
1cesous to conpny d.
Itesl fee. feel
feel ufE 4 morning xtsS:
/ 1fte1 feel, feel,
1tee! like snasutng sar;
1frel, feel, feel,
lftei dke morning. Eas.
1ftA teei, feel.
ifeel Ake q morning ssar,
~ ., .'ssp u Y, e e knn M q. a!ereE saow,
I'll e,ecr IN de sun. dis EIcrrr fno.r
A ny CONC kttnx him Gu Dc rose.
Ied, 1tel, 1iea,
D&s1 wh4t ny msddtr ss,d.
Nccocbef Dis Niger rocs to si.-
He rnst eobrs up lis Ecsa
cHoRcs:
saoo, nJI don't bodder ma,