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Old zip coon; Old zip Lizy coon; Old zip coon; The monkey and the nigger; Hallejuier! Old Zip Lizy Coon-- keep ashoutin'--

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Hammontree, Doney

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voice Doney Hammontree Bethel Grove, Arkansas June 14, 1951 Collected by Irene Carlisle Reel 129 Item 1 OLD ZIP LIZY COON The monkey and the nigger Both tumbled in the well; The monkey scratched the nigger And the nigger gave him Hallejuier! Old Zip Lizy Coon-- keep ashoutin'-- Hallejuier! Old Zip Lizy Coon] The jaybird and the peckerwood, They fought until they fell; The jaybird scratched the peckerwood, And the peckerwood gave him Hallejuier, etc. The Lord made Adam, then made Eve, And she sure did please him well; But every time his back was turned She gave his apples Hallejuier, etc. The prize-fight is over, And that you all know well; Old Paddy Ryan done his "best, But Sullivan gave him Hallejuier, etc. The farmer in his cotton-field, white cotton for to sell; The nigger in his melon-patch Was a-givin' his melons Hallejuier, etc. There's a hundred verses in my song, And I'll try and sing them well; But before I'd sing another verse I'd see you all in Hallejuier, etc. Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation.
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Carlisle, Irene Jones
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1951 06 14
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Ozark Folksong Collection

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University of Arkansas

Keywords

  1. A Capella Singing
  2. Adam
  3. Agriculture
  4. Animals
  5. Bible
  6. Boxing
  7. Cotton
  8. Eve
  9. Farming
  10. Fight
  11. John Sullivan
  12. Monkey
  13. Paddy Ryan
  14. Religion
  15. Scripture

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