Dandy Jim from Caroline.

Dandy Jim from Caroline

Baltimore: F. D. Benteen, 1844

I've often heard it said of late

Dat Souf Carolina was de state,

Whar handsome Niggars bound to shine,

Like "Dandy Jim from Caroline."

For my ole massa tole me so,

I was de best lookin Nigger in de County O,

I look in de glass an I found it so,

Jus what massa told me O.

I drest myself from top to toe,

And down to Dinah I did go,

Wid pantaloons strapp'd down behine,

Like "Dandy Jim from Caroline."

For my ole massa &c.

De bull dog clar'd me out ob de yard,

I tought I'd better leabe my card,

I tied it fast to a piece ob twine,

Signed "Dandy Jim from Caroline."

For my ole massa &c.

She got my card an wrote me a letta,

An ebery word she spelt de betta,

For ebery word an ebery line,

Was "Dandy Jim from Caroline."

For my ole massa &c.

Oh, beauty it is but skin deep,

But wid Miss Dinah none compete;

She chang'd her name from lubly Dine,

To Mrs. Dandy Jim from Caroline."

For my ole massa &c.

An ebery little one we had,

Was de berry image ob he dad,

Dar heels stick out tree feet behine,

Like "Dandy Jim from Caroline."

For my ole massa &c.

I took dem all to church one day,

An hab dem christened widout delay,

De Preacher christened eight or nine,

Young Dandy Jim from Caroline.

For my ole massa &c.

An when de Preacher took he tea,

He seem'd to be berry much perplex,

For noting cum across he mine,

But "Dandy Jim from Caroline."

For my ole massa &c.