Yer Baby's A Comin' To Town 1896

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 12 Mar 2007
2007

Away down South in the State of Alabama
there's a dusky wench I love a 'deed I do,
she is mighty stout and hefty
is my little yaller Hannah,
and she calls me her baby too,
says she I love yer honey
but you hasn't got no money,
an' it takes a heap of dollars for to wed,
I've money now to burn,
to Hannah I'll return,
today I wrote my lady love and said:

Tell all the coons I'm a comin'
Put on your Sunday meeting gown,
Tell all the sporty niggars,
bring 'long their stylish figgers
tell them yer baby
is a comin' to town.

Tell all the coons I'm a comin'
Put on your Sunday meeting gown,
Tell all the sporty niggars,
bring 'long their stylish figgers
tell them yer baby
is a comin' to town.

When I arrive,
let the wenches all be singing,
have the colored bands a playing mighty fine,
and let ev'ry one assemble,
when my special train is ringing,
for your baby will be in time,
I cause a great sensation,
'mong the colored population,
and ma Hannah she'll be proud of me, you bet,
Have Parson Jones on hand,
to join the wedding band,
remember Honey, sure and don't forget.

Tell all the coons I'm a comin'
Put on your Sunday meeting gown,
Tell all the sporty niggars,
bring 'long their stylish figgers
tell them yer baby
is a comin' to town.

Tell all the coons I'm a comin'
Put on your Sunday meeting gown,
Tell all the sporty niggars,
bring 'long their stylish figgers
tell them yer baby
is a comin' to town.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Yer Baby's A Comin' To Town 1896
Words & Music by John T.Kelly
© 1896 by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 12 March 2007 at 3.06pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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