Go Way Back And Sit Down 1901

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 August 2010
2010

Old Sam Jones runs and owns
a café on easy street,
But a coon hangs 'round
that he calls down
that will never ever treat.
He likes his gin and will "butt in"
to ev'ry argument.
But when Sam's there he doesn't dare
he acts much different.
He ain't got nothing
won't do nothing
there's nothing he will try,
But humiliates and aggravates
the customers that buy.
'Twas left to Sam, the proprietor man,
to find this darkey out,
And when he did there was nothing hid,
Ev'rybody heard Sam shout.

Go way back,
and sit down.
Coons in your class
are easy found,
You seldom have money,
you never treat,
get in your place
and take a back seat,
Go way back and sit down.

Go way back,
and sit down.
Coons in your class
are easy found,
You seldom have money,
you never treat,
get in your place
and take a back seat,
Go way back and sit down.

This coon will hear
for many a year
"Go way back and sit down,"
He's got no vim,
the shoe fits him,
still he keeps on hanging around.
He still does say there'll come the day
when better times he'll see;
If he keeps his health
he'll sure have wealth
and live in luxury.
He bet on a horse that always lost,
the coons all laughed at him,
But this time it won at a hundred to one,
Then thousands he cashed in.
He left the field in an automobile
that took him to Sam's place,
Sam thought he was broke
and started to joke,
So he told Sam to his face:

Go way back,
and sit down.
Coons in your class
are easy found,
You seldom have money,
you never treat,
get in your place
and take a back seat,
Go way back and sit down.

Go way back,
and sit down.
Coons in your class
are easy found,
You seldom have money,
you never treat,
get in your place
and take a back seat,
Go way back and sit down.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Go Way Back And Sit Down 1901
Music by Al Johns
Lyrics by Elmer Bowman
© 1901 by F.A.Mills New York & Chicago
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 30 August 2010 at 15.39
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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