Gimme Ma Money 1898

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 07 Dec 2004

Last night I went to a big crap game,
how dem coons did gamble
wuz a sin and a shame.
Coats and hats wuz laying all over de floor.
De house wuz crowded wid lots of toughs,
wid race horse touts was awful rough,
one coon got broke and dese the words he said

Gimme ma money,
don't think you're funny,
cause I'm a nigger.
You don't cut no figure,
I'm gambling for my Sadie,
cause she's ma lady,
I'm a hustling coon,
and dat's just what I am.

From der I goes to de Odd Fellows Hall,
to have a good time and dat wuz all,
another crap game wuz going on
among a lot of touts,
I shoots two bits
dat's all I had,
when I lost it of course dat made me mad,
"Stop dat Music"
I began to shout.

Gimme ma money,
don't think you're funny,
cause I'm a nigger.
You don't cut no figure,
I'm gambling for my Sadie,
cause she's ma lady,
I'm a hustling coon,
and dat's just what I am.

On de floor I dropped a ten dollar bill,
a gal put her foot on't,
her name wuz Lill,
I says Lady will you please ma'm look out.
She says young man if you get gay,
I'll have my friend to put you away,
and to dis gal I could not help but shout.

Gimme ma money,
don't think you're funny,
cause I'm a nigger.
You don't cut no figure,
I'm gambling for my Sadie,
cause she's ma lady,
I'm a hustling coon,
and dat's just what I am.

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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Gimme Ma Money 1898
Words and Music by Nathan Bivins
Dedicated to Williams & Walker
© 1898 by Geo. Willig & Co. Baltimore
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 07 December 2004 at 18.05
in association with Doug Grierson
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