The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
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---s-- asorss :. z; :, Hsnnins. in Washington Alas, the good old songs of yore have
 gone quite out of date, Surpassed by 'ole Virginia shore and
 the Worth Carolina State" " of Coming Throush the hys.s sss' But turn you where you may you'll hear
 "susannah. don't you cry.
 Home,s girl would not be led. But ask her for some favorite song.
 she'll tune up Uncle Ned" Then finish up with The Buffalo Gais''
 or else with Dearest Nay Forgetting that she ever knew some
 more heart-breathing lay.
 So sang newspaper poet some forty or fifty years ago. He finishes with:
 care not what belongs To the list of negro. pshaw! mean of
 fashionable songs.
 He might nave added many mors. had the rhymes and the newspaper col- umns held out. but there have now nearly disappeared succeeded by the ragtime songs of rns present day scarcely any improvement.
 Unwittingly, our poets meter Is the same as @Ole Virginia shore" The Buffalo Gals wsre invited tn come out:
 Oh, m, pTetty ret. gal. won't yoa come out And dance by the light of the moon
 susannah was supposed to cry be- cause her lover was going 10 Alabama Lt |. xn Al nnFinic way to carry a bsnJo. The old fellow was tired and so he cries:
 Now I'm old and feeble and cannot Then carry me ca:k to old Virginia. to old Virginia shore. irrespective of the desire of Virginia to have him back "OId Dan Tucker" to .he tune oi which we used to daacs the Virginia reel. Is as foIlows; I cum to town de nddsr nIte I hear de noise and sec do hte, De watchman was a-tlnnin' round. Cryin' Ole Dan Fuckers cum 10 town Nearly all these so-cnlled negro songs were not negro songs at all. and were written by Northern men ignor. ant of the negro character. The most of them were vulgar and senseless ant were merely a jingle of words anc sounds. Though not st-:c.ly either sn. cient or modern was ''fhs Captain wltt His whiskers," which I heard at she National Theatre about fifty years ago AS they marched through the town with their banners so gay, ran to the window 10 aear me paho tI peeped through the blinds very eau. tiousiy then, Lest the neiehbors should say I wal
 looking M st the s,,,a,s men 'se.t ana ,a. But my eyes at the time caught a-mrna rh. .reaa aeaser wss tSs anest I ever .iia see And the captain with his whislSers took sly glance at me. { Yet some of the modern songs ars worthy of survival. This is pathetic Pse gwine back to Dixie, no more Tse gwine to wander; My hearts turned back to Dixie, can no longer finger; l miss de ole plantation, my nome anu My hearts turned back to Dixie and I must go. | Pse gwine back to Dixie, Ise gwine
 rse gwine whar de orange blossoms grow:
 I hear de chilien calling. I see deir sad tears falling, My hearts turned back to Dixie and I must so. Others of the modern songs that should not be forgotten are "Tentins the Air" Ever of Thee" Belle Bran | don," walt Till the Clouds Roll By Annie Rooney" Nelly Cray" Rock Me to Sleep. Mother" and Annie | the relief of Lucknow. though too l high pitched for most voices. Then I there was Lilly Dale" which have re I'd sung to the ,.a hymn ,,,tN whsS rs9rd Gan 0 Canaan, dear Canaan. when shall
 The land of rest. the saints delight The land prepared for me. song on the London stage, iI character. was '"rhe Bold Privateer:' It's oh. my lovely Polly you and ] I'm going across the seas, love. I give
 to you my heart:
 Come change your ring with me, my love. come change your ring with me.
 And that shall be my token. when ]
 am on the sea. l My ship she lies awaiting. so fare thee well, my dear.
 I'm just going aboard the Bold Priva. | teer.
 Then she replies. Its oh. my dear. est Johhny" etc.
 Another one of the sea songs sung upon the London stage was Black | eyed Susan:"
 All in the downs the fleet was moor ed
 The streamers waving in the wind When Black-eyed Susan came on | hOard-
 Oh, where where shall I my true love find, Tell. me. ye jovial sailors. tell me true Does my sweet William dwell among
 your crew?
 William was aloft. and when he heard Susan's voice, he dropped swift ly down the yard. But William sailed and left Susan behind. only to be shipwrecked, but by some fortuitous circumstances. not clearly related fin the song, she saved him: l While gazing on the watery waste, | A floating form her eye described. And the next heaving" pillow placed
 Her lover by the maiden's side.
 "Lanigan's Ball." In the town of Athol lived one Jimmy Lanigan.
 He bathered away till he hadn't 2 Ills father he died and made him a
 man again;
 Left him a farm of ten acres oi He gave large party to all his rela-
 That stood beside him when he went
 to the wall.
 So if you but listen. I'll make your
 eyes glisten
 With the rows and the ructions al Lanigan's ball.