Mammy's Shufflin' Dance 1911

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 24 March 2005

Down in Alabamy
lives a colored Mammy
she's just as gray as can be;
down on the Levee,
tho' Mammy's heavy,
there's none can dance as she,
see the pickaninnies a playing some tag,
hear the older darkies
a humming a rag,
'ninnies stop their tagging,
darkies stop their nagging,
when ole Mammy starts to dance.

Mammy's shufflin' dance,
Mammy's shufflin' dance;
Oh! you "Grizzly Bear"
"Cubanola Glide"
none of them compare,
with ole Mammy's glide.
Balmy morning in June,
Banjos playing a tune,
I wish I was home again,
so I could hear again
Mammy's little shufflin'
dance in the morning
Mammy's Little Shuffling dance.

Mammy's shufflin' dance,
Mammy's shufflin' dance;
Oh! you "Grizzly Bear"
"Cubanola Glide"
none of them compare,
with ole Mammy's glide.
Balmy morning in June,
Banjos playing a tune,
I wish I was home again,
so I could hear again
Mammy's little shufflin'
dance in the morning
Mammy's Little Shuffling dance.

Down in Alabamy
Preacher said: "Now Mammy
don't do that shufflin' dance."
Sure it's a winner,
but, you old sinner,
you're much to old to chance,
Mammy said: "Now Preacher,
I means no harm."
Then she went and grabbed him
right by the arm.
Soon they were a slidin'
soon they both were glidin'
while the preacher laughed with glee.

Mammy's shufflin' dance,
Mammy's shufflin' dance;
Oh! you "Grizzly Bear"
"Cubanola Glide"
none of them compare,
with ole Mammy's glide.
Balmy morning in June,
Banjos playing a tune,
I wish I was home again,
so I could hear again
Mammy's little shufflin'
dance in the morning
Mammy's Little Shuffling dance.

Mammy's shufflin' dance,
Mammy's shufflin' dance;
Oh! you "Grizzly Bear"
"Cubanola Glide"
none of them compare,
with ole Mammy's glide.
Balmy morning in June,
Banjos playing a tune,
I wish I was home again,
so I could hear again
Mammy's little shufflin'
dance in the morning
Mammy's Little Shuffling dance.

Soft karaoke
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Mammy's Shufflin' Dance 1911
Words by L. Wolfe Gilbert - Music by Melville J. Gideon
Originally Introduced by Carl McCullough in Vaudeville
© MCMXI by Will Rossiter, The Chicago Publisher, 152 Lake St.,
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 24 March 2005 at 23.35
in association with Doug Grierson
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