Way Down in Ca-i-ro

Oh! ladies don't you blush

when I come out to play;

I only mean to please you all,

and den I's guine away.

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I hear my true-lub weep,

I hear my true-lub sigh,

Way down in Ca-i-ro

dis nigga's guine to die.

Sometimes de nigga's life is sad,

sometimes his life is gay,

When de work dont come too hard

he's singin all de day.

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Now we libs on de fat ob de land,

now we libs on de lean

When we hab no cake to bake

we sweep de kitchen clean.

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Massa bought a bran new coat

and hung it on de wall,

Dis nigga's guine to take dat coat,

and wear it to de ball.

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All de ladies in de land,

and all de gemmen too,

Am guine to hear de darkey band

and see what dey can do.

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