The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-16
UNCLE MING0 ON RAG TIME.

the restaurant the other day while
Uncle Mingo was taking his dinner
Several colored performers were on
hand with guitars, mouth organs, etc.
and they RECALLED the company with a
number of choice vocal and instrument
tai selections, to which Uncle Mingo
listened without any great show of in
ferest.
After the concert was over. the wal
ter remarked:
Dem fellers sho makes sweet mu-
sic"
WELL" said Nncle Mingo, 81 lows
dat dem wot likes dat kim ting, dat
kin o ting 1 spec is de very kin O
ting wot l spose dey likes. l amt no
Judge, but dat amt de kin O. music
wot l likes"
"Wot's your faborite chune?" in
CURED the waiter.
wen you's talkin' bout chunes."
SAID Uncle Mingo, "dere amt no chune
wot kin hol' candle to Ole Hundud
You jis' git q big congregation a. sing
in dat swayin back an fort, an
dwellin a long time on edible word so
as to git de full value OBJ de musical
'spression OBJ edible note. OATS wot 1
call chune."
Didn't dey sing all right cen church
de udder day?" asked the waiter"
Il amt got no call to fin fault" said
Uncle Mingo; II reckon de choir done
de bes dey could. Only wen dey was
singln de hymns, l couldn't make no
head nor tail wot dey was sayin'.
couldn't tell wat de debbil dey was
dribin at"
But dey did sing ole Hundud,'
suggested the waiter.
so dey did," admitted Uncle Mingo."
wen de minister git up an say, 'we-will
now sing de doxology, an be dismiss;
Praise God. from Whom All Blessin's
Flow 1 say to myself. I'll sho' know
dis time wot dey is singin'. So listen
Sood."
An didn't dey sing it all right?"
asked the waiter.
Well" said Uncle Mingo," dey sing
It like dis:
Praw Cav. fraw whaw aw blaw-
saw flaw:
Praw haw, aw crawchaw haw bawlaw:
Praw haw awbaw, yaw hawIaw haw;
Praw fawtha, saw, aw hawlaw 'gaw' -
Dat was pretty tough" said the
waiter, but wen dem fellows was sing
IN here Jis now, you could hear wot
dey say"
Very true" said Uncle Mingo;
but after you hear, you amt hear
nothin'. Jis lot o. nonsense, de same
ting ODER an ober wfdout no sense nor
meanin likes song wot has some
sense to it, cen wich respic' l fiatters
myself, l resembles de Major wot
Keeps de turpentime commisSary out to
Postum Hollow"
How was dat?" asked the waiter
One ebenin' l was roun' dere" said
Uncle Mingo, IAN de Major an bout
half-a-dozen wife gentlemens was set
TN aroun' talkin' wen up walk
strange niger Teller, wild banjo cen
his ham.
s." Look here, boss he say to de Ma
Jor amt you want some muster /
'Wot kin O. music? say de Ma
jor
81 kin play de banjo, sah.' he say.
an sing you song, sab. tip-top, an
up to date, an out O. sight, sah.'
All right say de Major, pitch
cen, an let's see wot you kin do
Boss de Teller say, L amt had
nothin' to eat all day, an L dat hon
cry tell l weak. If 1 don't git a lit
tie bite to eat fus,' he say, 4 don't
tink 1 kin do de subjec' jestice.'
Sc de Major bring out some lunch,
an cen less den fibe minutes de Teller
make way wild bout two poun' o.
crackers, a poun' O. cheese, can O.
meat an a quart O. beer. He look
lik& he amt had half 'nough yet, but
de Major lowed dat would do for de
present. ontell dey sample de music.
so de Teller he wipe his mout, set
down on a soap box, an chune up
his banjo, tum- tee-tee. tum-tee-tee,
tum-tee- tum.. Den he settle back an
commence to sing cen de dog-gonest
kin o rig-jig chune / ebber hear"
jingle Mingo then continued in sing
song voice, initiating with his hands
the stunning on the banjo:
" I tickled him under de chin;
l tickled him dar agin:
l done it agin an agin;
., tickled him under de chin
He sing dat same ting ober an
ozer six times. Den de Major say:
Hello! Is dat de only verse to dat
song?
. no, sah,' de. Teller say. 'dere's a
whole lot o. verses, an all different
Din glib us de mex VERSE; de ma
jor say.
All right, sah,' de Teller say, here's
de secon' verse:
He licked me under he chin;
He licked me dar agin,
He done it agin an agin;
0, he tickled me under de chin
He sing dat 70 times, an de major
say, We don't want no mo- O. dat
verse
albright, san, ne say, L IL gu you
de tird VERSE
L licked her under de chin;
l licked her dar agin;
l done it agin an 'agin;
o, tickled her under de chin
He sing dat twice, an de major
say, 'Nough O. dat verse, too
All right. sah, he say here come de
fourt' verse:
She licked me under de chin;
She tickled me dar agin;
She done it agin an agin;
o, she tickled me under de chin
He sing dat once. an de major say,
DON'T want no mo- o. dat verse mel
der
Very good, sab, he say. I'll skip
to de mex:
We tickled YOU under de chin
I5ut dis time he didn't tickle no mo-.
Up jump de major.
Look here' he say, gosh darn your
piame fool skin. you git out o. dis
pace an IL you ebber come roun' here
any mo- wild dat ticklin' under de chin
business, I'll tickle you ober de skull
wa dis ax-kandle, an I'll do II agin
an agin'"
-sigurd Ibsen, son of Henrik Ib-
sen, has accepted the portfolio OF state
m the Swedish cabinet.
CASTORIA
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