Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-05-27

(Frum tie Historical MaaaEinc,l tr,.
This hdicrous YET popular song With the
maases, and whieh = on tle lips OF nearly
everybody, Is quite eid, having been sung v
No negroes Of Georgia before the war. II Y
veH known that fre ougine bore the name
OF dRhoO Fly m sayannah as far back as
1905 hatfris derived lie name FROM this sim-
Mo and aenef,lfsa poug. As matter OF curl
osity 10 hundreds who have had Che chorus
ringing In their cars, On every band ior 7cts.
raj weeks past we give the words o. NhM
may truly BE- termed the sonS 81 inc pe''oo'
gauh bear as sassl. slns. O.
ssis ss s ssl e sSi sips-
Diis ..zI is ssr fI f:S e &c wing ..
". D.es xhst ~ mgddsr I'D; H.
Upes az gissess head RI
eoS u a2S aa,sS SSdSsI me-
".. in, les. Ysssi, !"
.H lissIi isssslls. iTIsl sss, start a.
IiSliiis morning start
HIdsspln % sau, A. nlssss knevs.
J.ss 4 4. 80, y: S SiIsssr s ssS-s
AM eoips sting hin on 80 no's'
,.p.ti What ny msadss aid r.. d
Whsneyer a, nlsEeS fos. y sieep'
UnoHrsi Sisoo, III dSst boddoS mo, etc,
We And the following IN our exchanges
about Tic authorship Of this song. The I'M.
adolphia ledger INFORMS liz readers that
Charleston nov claims The authorship OF the
Umusical rem 90 which o correspondent
sIgninV himself eco. X" hi Oie Be,hlehem
Te,nss, replies; The above paragraph brought
I'd my mcuory some fact which my PIoa s,,
10 a certainty 0hat Charleston, :. W, may
Justly lay claim aJtho orlgination Of the above
song. The facts afs 0sesei While the 4'th
regiment r. v. were guhrtcred IN the cry OF
Charleston, In 1888 I was q c1eyh IN the pro-
yost marshars otIlce, under MAI. loyl StuOGI,
Of Allentown. The provost guards Wcf- dlfaI-
terca p the Pavilion hotel corner o. lia.S
the history u 'e,sOo fly One evening, an
old colored wouiat whom we called ,Aunty,
came In 10 sell peanuts. The guards wero
Whaling and singing Sho0 Fly or some
parts oft when old Aunty vrnt ~ 70 one o.
them, and said Master, you NUT no. ilng
dat cong, dat am a bad song, for her sPn nv,
won't rest This very naturally excited ny
curiosity; and, IN reply TO my question as TO
who that spifh vac she told In substance the
following story When the Union prisoners
Of war were quartercd In the nce course, in
Charleston Il was her habit, with other col
orcd friends to take food TO the starving
Union mon. One day they were caught throw
ing come corn bread over the inclosure, when
the rebel guard ran his bayonet through her
friends breast. While she lay dying, under O
blazing sun, myiRds Of flics ewarning over
her, ahc uttorUd, Shoe fly, don't boddor me,
for am goln' 10 HI Those words were set
90 % Worked On i Bsy sr p crcsto Sr
This, Nj. Editor was old 'Aunty' sjrtpry Of
shoe Fly and have no doubt II can DO
verified by otherV belonging TO the 47th regi-
mcnL either In Easton or Allentown
shoe, Fly! n In Mode dc Francais.
val noUcHEi NJ N'rooNNoDE.
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Il musiqus est On rAiI. sH..
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sur Ia tsts Do % ns-frss. ,,.,. iH..s
Va mouohsl ne m,inoommode.
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shoO, Fly: snt DSutch sprnchrH.
Ieh fable, Ia aS iSsis, Ia t ishis,
lex ss id iSei TX fS Si sS fsSs.
1eh fuhis vie der inoEgensterni
Die musik ist am LATTE
kslI Ks 1i, Ssn az sIs. mi k Ss:
xS.kssSsni fiisssi nle6t mich trebsn.
AS S.sss:S s ssss n aos, %iss ,SSsn
Fur ioh bin an dem oOmpauic &C."
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