They'll Be Mighty Proud In Dixie of Their Old Black Joe
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Title | They'll Be Mighty Proud In Dixie of Their Old Black Joe |
Composer | Carroll, Harry |
Lyricist | Carroll, Harry |
Publisher | Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. |
Place of Publication | New York (N.Y.) |
Year of Publication | 1918 |
Date of Copyright | 1918-07-22 |
Lyrics | They’ll be Mighty Proud in Dixie of Their Old Black Joe Verse: The other day I chanced to roam beside an old log cabin home, I saw an aged darky dressed in khaki ‘bout to cross the foam, I said, “Old man why must you go, you head of hair is white as snow,” He said: “I’m not obliged to, sonny, but I want this world to know: Refrain: I’m a comin’ I’m a comin’ and I’m mighty proud to go, ‘Cause I seem to hear the bugles callin’ “Come on old Black Joe” I’ve got the same old happy banjo, and the same old trusty gun, And they’re the same old weapons that I used in the days of sixty-one I’ll swim across that old Rhine River and when I get there I won’t leave no rind- I know, I’ll give the whole world liberty, just like Lincoln did for me, Then they’ll be doggone proud in Dixie of their Old Black Joe. Verse: I proudly took him by the hand, I said: “Your sentiment is grand, But don’t you think the folks will kind o’ miss old Joe from Dixieland?” I saw a teardrop in his eye, and as he waved a fo |
Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
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Local Identifier | 2014_12996_712 |
Collection Title | James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986 |
Collection | James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection |
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