Long Ago
De ol’ time’s gone, de new time’s hyeahWid all hits fuss an’ feddahs;I done fu’got de joy an’ cheahWe knowed all kin’s o’ weddahs,I done fu’got each ol’-time hymnWe ust to sing in meetin’;I ‘s leahned de prah’s, so neat an’ trim,De preachah keeps us ‘peatin’.
Hang a vine by de chimney side,An’ one by de cabin do’;An’ sing a song fu’ de day dat died,De day of long ergo.
My youf, hit’s gone, yes, long ergo,An’ yit I ain’t a-moanin’;Hit ‘s fu’ somet’ings I ust to knowI set to-night a-honin’.De pallet on de ol’ plank flo’,De rain bar’l und’ de eaves,De live oak ‘fo’ de cabin do’,Whaih de night dove comes an’ grieves.
Hang a vine by de chimney side,An’ one by de cabin do’;An’ sing a song fu’ de day dat died,De day of long ergo.
I ‘d lak a few ol’ frien’s to-nightTo come an’ set wid me;An’ let me feel dat ol’ delightI ust to in dey glee.But hyeah we is, my pipe an’ me,Wid no one else erbout;We bofe is choked ez choked kin be,An’ bofe ‘ll soon go out.
Hang a vine by de chimney side,An’ one by de cabin do’;An’ sing a song fu’ de day dat died,De day of long ergo.