[WARNING: These lyrics contain the N-word. This song is presented here in its original form as part of music history.]
arranged by Charles Reps, 1843
published by C. G. Christman, New York
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
1. I’ve often heard it said of late
Dat Souf Carolina was de state
Whar a handsome nigga’s bound to shine
Like Dandy Jim, from Caroline
Chorus
For my ole massa tole me so
I was de best looking nigga in de country, O
I look in de glass an found t’was so
Just what massa tole me, O
2. I drest myself from top to toe
And down to Dinah I did go
Wid pantaloons strapped down behind
Like Dandy Jim from Caroline
3. De bull dog cleared 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”
4. She got my card an wrote me a letter
An ebery word she spelt de better
For ebery word an ebery line
Was Dandy Jim from Caroline
5. Oh, beauty is but skin deep
But wid Miss Dinah none complete
She changed her name from lubly Dine
To Mrs. Dandy Jim from Caroline
6. An every little nig she had
Was de berry image ob de dad
Dar heels stick out three feet behind
Like Dandy Jim from Caroline
7. 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
8. An when de preacher took his text
He seemed to be berry much perplexed
For nothing cum across his mind
But Dandy Jim from Caroline
Sung here by Fred Feild: