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Oh, yah! yah! darkies laugh with me,
For the white folks say Old Shady's free,
So don't you see that (the) jubilee
Is coming, coming, hail, mighty day!
Den away, den away, I can't wait any longer,
Hooray! hooray! I'm going home.
Den away, den away, I can't wait any longer,
Hooray! hooray! I'm going home.
Oh! massa got scared and so did his lady,
Dis child breaks for Old Uncle Aby,
Open the gates, I hear Old Shady's,
Coming, coming, hail, mighty day.
Good-bye, Massa Jeff; good-bye, Miss'r Stephens,
'Scuse dis nigger for takin' his leavin';
'Spect pretty soon you'll hear Old Abram's
Coming, coming, hail, mighty day.
Good-bye, hard work with never any pay,
I's going up North where the good folks say
Dat white wheat bread an' a dollar a day
Are coming, coming, hail, mighty day.
Oh! I've got a wife and I got a baby,
Livin' up North in lower Canaday;
Won't dey laugh when dey see Old Shady's
Coming, coming, hail, mighty day.