[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]
Featured in the 1920 stage show “Ed Wynn Carnival”
words by Grant Clarke
music by Walter Donaldson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
1. Mammy once said, ”You’re a dunce”
The day I wandered away
Now I know Mammy was right
Oh, how I miss her each night
Now a days I know it pays
To mind what old Mammies say
Since I’ve been gone
How those memories linger on
Chorus
I want the whole wide world to know
I love the land of old Black Joe
I miss my Mammy’s knee
I miss that pretty little melody
She used to sing when Daddy played the old banjo
Down where the cotton blossoms grow
It’s me for Paradise
Providing Paradise is half as nice
I feel so proud
I want the whole wide world to know
I love the land of old Black Joe
2. That’s a place where every face
Keeps looking happy and gay
Every wise bird makes it’s nest
Down where the flowers grow best
Hummin’ bees hum melodies
That drive your troubles away
Life flows along
Like a beautiful beautiful song
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Sung here by Fred Feild: