Pickaninny Mose 1905

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 26 Apr 2009
2009

I'se got a wondrous jewel
dat I's huggin' to ma bres'
Hum Hum
an' I suspeck it's cruel too
de way he am cares
Hum
He's jes' as back as coal
is from his top knot to his toes,
Hum
But pure and white his soul is
as de sof'ly fallin' snows,
Bress ma Pickaninny Mose.

He's a mine
all a mine
is ma Pickaninny Mose
an' when he's dres' up in his bes'
he's as sweet as any rose,
He's a mine
all a mine,
an' a really I do suppose,
No pickaninny in de Lan'
is as sweet as little Mose.

He's a mine
all a mine
is ma Pickaninny Mose
an' when he's dres' up in his bes'
he's as sweet as any rose,
He's a mine
all a mine,
an' a really I do suppose,
No pickaninny in de Lan'
is as sweet as little Mose.

[Dance:]

He ain't no legislator
settin' in de halls of state,
Hum Hum
He ain't no specalator
nor a magnate rich and great.
Hum he's jes' a little niggah
dres' in home made cotton clos'
Hum
A cunnin' little figgah
as mos' ev'rybody knows,
Bress ma Pickaninny Mose.

He's a mine
all a mine
is ma Pickaninny Mose
an' when he's dres' up in his bes'
he's as sweet as any rose,
He's a mine
all a mine,
an' a really I do suppose,
No pickaninny in de Lan'
is as sweet as little Mose.

He's a mine
all a mine
is ma Pickaninny Mose
an' when he's dres' up in his bes'
he's as sweet as any rose,
He's a mine
all a mine,
an' a really I do suppose,
No pickaninny in de Lan'
is as sweet as little Mose.

[Dance:]

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Pickaninny Mose 1905
Music by Rollin Bond
Lyrics by Chas.H.Brown & Otis F.Wood
© MCMV by Chas.K.Harris
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 26 April 2009 at 15.12
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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