That Nigger Treated Me All Right 1898

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 24 Mar 2007
2007

My baby gone and left me
and my heart's done broke,
he took all my money
put my clothes in soak.
He even stole my chickens
and my sweet potato pie,
and gived 'em to another gal,
now dat ain't no lie.
But I certainly must remember
how good he's been to me.
Took me to the circus
all the funny things to see,
and says: "Altho' youse shady,
youse my only colored lady."
Den dat nigger went and shook me,
but I know he loved his baby.

Dat nigger treated me all right,
deed, he cert'nly treated me out of sight.
I saw the zeberee and the monkeys drinking tea,
and all the other animals
in that menagerie.
Yes, dat nigger treated me all right,
if you dared to insult me he would fight,
Of course he stole my cloes,
and wreck'd dis darkie's heart
still dat nigger treated me all right.

Dat nigger treated me all right,
deed, he cert'nly treated me out of sight.
I saw the zeberee and the monkeys drinking tea,
and all the other animals
in that menagerie.
Yes, dat nigger treated me all right,
if you dared to insult me he would fight,
Of course he stole my cloes,
and wreck'd dis darkie's heart
still dat nigger treated me all right.

Last summer we was riding
on a picnic boat,
just to make it pleasant,
why we took as float;
but when we was returning
dat's de time we had a row,
Razors, pistols and lead pipes
was used, I'll allow.
And a big Mister Nigger
tried to walk all over me.
He grabbed him by the collar
and chucked him in the sea;
just den dey started biting
and the worst kind of fighting,
in less than half a minute
we was found without a light as

Dat nigger treated me all right,
deed, he cert'nly treated me out of sight.
He started in to kiss
dis here dainty little miss,
right then I was mighty sure
I had him on my list.
For dat nigger treated me all right,
if you dared to insult me he would fight,
I know he stole my cloes,
and crush'd dis darkie's heart,
still, dat nigger treated me all right.

Dat nigger treated me all right,
deed, he cert'nly treated me out of sight.
He started in to kiss
dis here dainty little miss,
right then I was mighty sure
I had him on my list.
For dat nigger treated me all right,
if you dared to insult me he would fight,
I know he stole my cloes,
and crush'd dis darkie's heart,
still, dat nigger treated me all right.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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That Nigger Treated Me All Right 1898
Words & Music by Walter Hawley
arranged by Lewis Reiterman
© MDCCCXVCIII by Will Rossiter
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 23 March 2007 at 4.23pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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