The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-28
HARD TO MOVE.

St. Louis 0lobe-DemocraG
 To sit fn . gorgeous box of some spiendid theatre. amid a scene of life and brilliant fffttter. and hear the marvellous voice of Patti ripple sway on the melody of way Down Upon de s'wanee Rivvsf." is onA thing. and to travel thyougt, the South when, sud- denly with . squeak from ths loco- motive. one looks from the window of c Pullman car and sees for the first time in all his life the clear. silent waters of this stream is, qsits dif- ferent shins.
 How many hsvs sssn the suwanee river through the veil of ssntiment and song. under the eavirennsnt of the first manned order. ana how fsw. ccrn- | parativsfy.f AAxs nactunllys stood upon the bAniss of the river itself. listened 1 to the soft. low murrnur Of fts msen- dering waters. 50 cissr 90 beautiful and 60 blue in eddy places. with trees bending over its bosoua. sff festoensd with long. waving Spanish moss, which 90 Abouhds in the western regions ef Fioridai Just how . river. marrow. s&ndbot. toned, blue.watered river, but plays so small part in the map of the United States a does the suwsnse. could ever have become 70 famous tn tnfB wt0o WuEi0 oVes 1cSt 16eA8St " enc when hs comes to think of It. all because Of a mere song. But. after ali. 1t has .. charm ali it's own, and the average victor win find under its spell that 1t win finger with surpris- ine tenacity. and grow, upon him like | the -shadow of some mysterious 'fss- ciuatIcS.
 way down upon ds swense Ribber.--- Far. fer away, S~
 Dars .whar my hssrt' srns. turpsn' sb-
 psrs whs.s de o's efihs stay :
 No such ideal piesaYe book songs aa this are ever heard on the sawanee river in real life. unless 1t be- nov and then. when. some resident of this section chooses to-, auIn a few lines of this same song in . spirit much the same as- that of the deacon in \ church who; says "Amen" when ths preacher has finished the morning lpsnyef--simply AgSesing. te what the author of this iramortai soag has writ tea.
 ay. .ssss are ... songs sSSn< sss sG; and unique in sil their piAintive nfeio- lay. pathos and humor. The negroes who are found at work Alonx tue .riv. Ter. either On the littis S Soass tnst s,,s nau U, IpRosphats from the mines. or out ir lthe lumber camps and fields alone lshe river banks. seem to Dc all giyer l to sonx. They 10 about their work tr ltse morning with . song and sing Al tre Hvelong- day. croorins some pisin' ltivA air tn e rnonotonous fashion oi lelsA joining chorus where there srs lseverai Of them. and making ths I woods around fairly. reverberate witf lthe echoes of their cAmp-rneettns
 hymns. such as this; lJes' look over wonder what I see-- | Angsls btd me ter come
 See two angels cailin' at me-
 Angels bid me ter come.
 lRise an shine. neurner. Rise an shine. meurner,
 Rise an. shine; mcurner. lFur de angels bid'sr me to come.
 How their rich. mellow voices d Emeit away in the distance ,ne. join in this ewest cid air and how
 the plaintive strain seems 10 die ava!
 unon the singing waters of the famed river. And when they get to the chcy ] us. how they swing around at theti
 work and bear down on the loud peda of their voices and throw q 9enuan'
 jubilee vigoY of campmeeting into th' sonei if they are cutting logs fer tn saw mifI nigh at hand. they are apt t' swing their axss in full time with thi measure of the song. ana this give 1t all the more interest and pecuiia
 charm.
 one of the lively iig songs that sr' often heard In the lumber and phos lphate camps along the Suwanee Rivel
 runs something like this: -.4,
 Jaybird up de sugar tree. Sparrow on de groun'.
 Jaybird shake de sugar down, Jayeird pass hit eroun'. 6hoo. IaAies. shoo.
 Shoe. ladies. shoo,
 shoo, ladies. shoo. my gal.
 I'm boun' for skar Hin.
 Five cents ts my pocket change Il Ten cents is my bill; , If times don't sit no bettah heah I'in bovn' for Sugar HILL , Etc. etc.
 The music to this sons is much |