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ALABAM Sung by: Uncle Bob Stark Recorded in Miller, AR, 7/16/53 Click here to listen to the original recording And he lives in the sycamore tree. He was an old nigger called Rufus the blossom, Black as a nigger could be. Rufus had a head like a big sledgehammer, And eyes like a morning star, And there wasn't nary a nigger in ole Alabam That could beat him on his old guitar. Chorus: Oh, you'll have to choose him, You cannot 'fuse him; He's a great musicianeer Of a high position. Oh, when Rufus goes to the balls and the parties, Oh, he goes, rain or shine. When he gets there, oh, this is what he hollers: "Bring out the chicken and wine!" The wine is drank, and the chicken is eat, And he whistles a tune so grand That it's nobody but a whistling Rufus, But they call him the one-man band. (Chorus) (Comment by Mr. Stark: "That's all of it.") |
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