Connecticut western news., 1880-08-24
PLANTATION HYMNS.
Negroes Singing on the Mississippi Grotesque Compositions which
 Create Enjoyment for
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 A correspondent travelling on the Mis- sissippi River says: In the slavery days Sambo was not much on the boatss Oc- casionally an owner hired out his slaves to the boatmen, but it was exceptional. Now it is different: thef,ssts sstsman ,audl brother" is seen on all river craft and he is seen to great advantage as he slouches along the levees at St. Louis. From the fifty or more colored boys on a boat they usually can get a player aor two on the violin, and an equal number on the guitar, and occasionally you see. "cello" or base viol in. eboat ts 6ahHs Then there is darkey or two who sing. andsWho are supplemented by rousing chorus, and there will be at least one dancer on board. Supper .iss served aF six and work is got rapidl throng with, so that with lighting the lamps the col ored brethren are ready with their in- struments. If the passengers happenp to be but few there is but ittle Msrn6thsss and the band have to do all the work, theysing, and dance, and play, and pass round the hat, and the evenings enter. tainment is over. If there area couple of hundred passengers, and there is another boat directly alongside, the
 
 the smaller party, and the passengers of the two boats unite, and there is no trouble in. making the sets, and all goes of we'll and keeps up until Dan Trucker is surrounded byladiest and gentlemen and the final promenade. s..e-'.,'ssss,s I was interested, in the plantation hymns, or in the grotesque comp positions which pass for hymns, and I have a few 0f fhnro xuhiOh vou1r roo1ovo x1s7I by James Bland, co1ored man, and sung to us by Lew J ohnson. One is. called .sst 1isasoN lE335os Ea9G Eb-,2A sssta q
 .J THE GOLDEN sf1ppERs v sst5 v ;s ' Them golden slippers have laid away,ia .1sl4s Bekase dop's expect to wear lem untilmy wed- My long tailed coat that bought for to wear. I'm going to ride up in the chariot in the That long white robe that bought last June, ' is goin' to get it changed kase 1t fit too soon The old gray horse that used to dive drive I'm goin' to hitch up to the chariot in the
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 Oh, them golden slippers,
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 Because they look so neat and sclean;..1
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 10 walk the golden street. ss @ The old banjo am hanging on the wall, q ass9 Faint been tuned since way last fall {; Uss t Is Children all say ell have a glorious time,a ia When we ride up in the chariot in the mDrTin' Tell Uncle Benjamin and Sister Luce, .sass fGk9 Going to telegraph the news to Uncle s'Bacca-
 juice, af a afei lB naaaa5 syaeI What 3 great camp meeting we'll have that day When we ride up in the chariot in the nornins Then good-by children, I must go. where the
 rain don't fall and the wind don't blow Your ulster coat you need not fear to wear, VI When we ride up in the chariot in the mornin Them golden slippers must be nice and clean;l The age must be just sweet sixteen
 White kid gloves you have for to wear,
 When you ride upin the chariotin the mornin. Considering the temperature it is com forting that the ulster may be left at home, but is not this sweet sixteen bus mess what the brakeman called Hlim- ited express ?'' Af'st.a 439 ss5,.
 Let me give you another installment of this praise-song: es Ffs s9ss alA 1,sl THE RAILROAD TRAIN AM PASSING THROUGH. z z Says the blackbird to the crow, .,sa.,s.sf s.Fs3T
 o my, hallelujah sl,sssa .a4 :. What makes them white folks love us SOP stsf9 '
 [ Q my, hallelujah! la1 sss4 Hoeing corn it am my trade, .,s ss F < 1a tssvs1f Ever since that Adam was made sads 4 ssssss 4ssi
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 I'll get home by7an' by, s9 ss<o. !
 By7an'- by, by-an' by, by-an'-by, 'sa Every star in the sky has number, K s1yis;Isg Number one, number two, number three, \, s.a g
 Good Lord, by-an'- -by,5 ,,9 ss,y easl
 Good fe.et1rf Lord, lby-an'-by.fF 5nM s Bull-frog dressed in soldier clothes. 4 = - '4 <
 -s5. o my, ha1leluiah s.r fr ss ii .S.tE, Went out into the meadow to shoot somecrows.
 o my, 'hallelujah!
 The crows smelt powder and flew away,,aLae.n sisi'
 f5 Omy, hallelujah!f IT II E ags Bull-frog was very mad that day, .gst9tssa
 Q my, halleluiah gEsk.sgs !, Way down South on Cedar Street, as47tA aAa's'
 my, halleIujahl lsH " ssEa'Eas There's where the darkies grow. ten feet
 my, halleluiah vvx -.ggs: Goes to bed, but it airlt no use sf ssss ~ -
 o my, hallelujah!
 One leg out for the chicken toroost. lgssssto9
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