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Title
Ring, ring de banjo
Subject
African Americans--Songs and music--Texts.
Ballads--Songs and music--Texts.
Minstrel music--United States--Texts.
Popular music--United States--Texts.
Slavery--United States--Songs and music--Texts.
Songs--United States--Texts.
Description
At
foot
of
song
sheet
:
R
.
Astley
,
77
Purchase
St.
,
New
Bedford
,
Dealer
in
Magazines
,
Newspapers.
;
Binder
19
,
item
63.
;
CPM
song
sheet
inscribed
at
head
:
4-x1.
;
First
line
:
De
time
is
nebber
dreary
if the
darkey
nebber
groans.
;
Notation
:
Lyrics
only.
;
Several
OCLC
sheet
music
editions
(earliest
,
1855-1899
#
23980715)
credit
Foster
&
ballad
heading.
;
Text
of
song
in
five
four-line
stanzas
,
each
with
four-
line
chorus.
;
Without
music
.
Contributors
Foster
,
Stephen
Collins
,
1826-1864.
;
Christy
Minstrels
.
Format-Extent
1
broadside
(1
item
on
1
sheet)
;
22
x
15
cm
Type
Text
Lyrics
De
time
is
nebber
dreary
if the
darkey
nebber
groans
;
De
ladies
nebber
weary
wid
de
rattle
ob
de
bones
;
Den
come
again
,
Susanna
, by
de
gas-light
ob
de
moon
;
We'll
tum
de
old
piano
,
when
de
banjo's
out
ob
tune
.
CHORUS
.
Ring
,
ring
de
banjo
!
I
like
dat
good
old
song
!
Come
again
,
my
true
lub
,
Oh
!
wha
you
been
so
long
?
Oh
!
nebber
count
de
bubbles
while
dere's
water
in
de
spring
:
De
darkey
hab
no
troubles
while
he's
got
dis
song
to
sing
,
De
beauties
ob
creation
will
nebber
lose
der
charm
,
While
I
roam
de
old
plantation
wid
my
true
lub
on
my
arm
.
Ring
,
ring
de
banjo
,
&
c
,
Once
I
was
so
lucky
,
my
massa
set
me
free
,
I
went
to
old
Kentucky
, to
see
what
I
could
see
;
I
could
not
go
no
farder
,
I
turn
to
massa's
door
,
I
lub
him
all
de
harder
,
I'll
go
away
no
more
.
Ring
,
ring
de
banjo
,
&c
.
Early
in
de
morning
ob
a
lubly
summer
day
,
My
massa
send
me
warning
he'd
like
to
hear
me
play
; On
de
banjo
tapping
,
I
come
wid
dulcem
strain
,
Massa
fall
a
napping--he'll
nebber
wake
again
.
Ring
,
ring
de
banjo
,
&c
.
My
lub
,
I'll
hab
to
leab
you
while
de
ribber's
running
high
; But
I
nebber
can
deceibe
you
,
so
don't
you
wipe
your
eye
.
I's
guine
to
make
some
money
, but
I'll
come
anodder
day--
I'll
come
again
,
my
honey
, if
I
hab
to
work
my
way
.
Ring
,
ring
de
banjo
,
&c
.
Language
eng
Relation
Song
Broadsides.
;
http://musicman.mtsu.edu/broadsides/binder19/JPEGmed/3379brom.jpg;
http://worldcat.org/oclc/925475548/viewonline
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