Black and White Mistrel Show 1960 Pt 1

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 17 Nov 2003

The Black and White Minstrel Show Pt I
B.B.C. Television
Nineteen-Sixty
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I came from Alabama
wid my banjo on my knee,
I'm g'wan to Lousiana
My true love for to see.
It rained all night the day I left,
the weather it was dry,
the sun so hot I froze to death;
Susanna don't you cry.
Oh! Susanna,
Oh don't you cry for me,
I've come from Alabama,
wid my banjo on my knee.

Oh, dem golden slippers!
Oh, dem golden slippers!
Golden slippers I'se gwine to wear,
bekase dey look so neat.
Oh, dem golden slippers!
Oh, dem golden slippers!
Golden slippers I'se gwine to wear,
to walk de golden street.

De Camptown ladies sing dis song,
DooDah! DooDah!
De Camptown racetrack five miles long,
DooDah! DooDah day!
I came down dah wid my hat caved in,
DooDah! DooDah!
I go back home wid a pocket full of tin,
DooDah! DooDah day!
Gwine to run all night!
Gwine to run all day!
I'll bet my money on de bobtail nag,
Somebody bet on de bay.

I may be crazy, but I love you!
I'll do and dare, O
I'm smart vacquero;
I may be shady, but I love you!
So won't ye come right here,
and say goodbye?
Bekase you may not see me any more.

She's ma lady love,
She is ma dove,
ma baby love,
She's no gal
for sittin' down to dream,
She's the only queen Laguna knows;
I know she likes me,
I know she likes me,
bekase she says so,
She is de Lily of Laguna,
She is ma Lily and ma Rose.

Daddy wouldn't buy me a bowwow
(BowWow)
Daddy wouldn't buy me a bowwow
(BowWow)
I've got a little cat,
I am very fond of that,
but I'd rather have a bowwow, wow!

I'm looking over a four leaf clover
that I overlooked before.
One leaf is sunshine,
the second is rain,
Third is the roses
that grow in the lane.
No need explaining, the one remaining
is somebody I adore.
I'm looking over a four leaf clover
that I overlooked before.

She was a dear little dicky bird,
"Chip, chip, chip," she went,
Sweetly she sang to me
till all my money was spent;
Then she went off song
we parted on fighting terms,
She was one of the early birds,
and I was one of the worms.

Nothing could be finer
than to be in Carolina
in the morning.
No one could be sweeter
than my sweetie
when I meet her
in the morning.
Where the morning glories
twine around the door,
whispering pretty stories
I long to hear once more.
Strolling with my girlie
where the dew is pearly early
in the morning.
Butterflies all flutter up
and kiss each little buttercup
at dawning.

If I had Aladdin's lamp for only a day
I'd make a wish,
and here's what I'd say,
Nothing could be finer
than to be in Carolina
in the morning.

I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair,
Born, like a vapor on the summer air;
I see her tripping
where the bright streams play,
happy as the daisies that dance on her way.
Many were the wild notes
her merry voice would pour,
many were the blithe birds
that warbled them o'er.
I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair,
floating like a vapor on the soft summer air.

Den I wish I was in Dixie,
Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
to lib and die in Dixie;
Away, away, away down South in Dixie;
Away, away, away down South in Dixie.

When I grow too old to dream,
I'll have you to remember.
When I grow too old to dream,
your love will live in my heart.
So kiss me, my sweet,
and so let us part.
And when I grow too old to dream,
that kiss will live in my heart.

And when I grow too old to dream,
that kiss will live in my heart.

'Cause I'm goin', yes I'm goin'
with a love that's ever growin'
to that coal black mammy o' mine.
Not a cent, not a cent
an' my clothes are only lent,
all the same she'll think I'm just fine.
How I've dreamed, how I've schemed,
an' at times it almost seemed
that the sun would never, never shine,
That's why I'm goin', yes I'm goin',
Mighty soon I'll be hulloin',
to that coal black mammy o' mine.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Black and White Minstrel Show 1960 Pt 1
arr. Dudley E. Bayford
copyright 1960 by Francis, Day and Hunter
sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 17 November 2003 at 16.06
in association with Doug Grierson
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14 Songs from the popular UK TV Show

Oh! Susanna
Oh dem golden slippers
Camptown Races
I May Be Crazy
Shepherdess's Call Up The Mountain
Lily of Laguna
Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me A Bow-Wow
I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover
She Was One Of The Early Birds
Carolina In The Morning
I Dream Of Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair
Dixie Land
When I Grow Too Old To Dream
Coal Black Mammy