A popular song from 1848
Published by W. C. Peters, Louisville, KY
Found at The Library of Congress
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb:
Lyrics
1. As I walk’d out last Sunday night
The wedder it was hazy
A pretty girl I chanc’d to meet
Oh! she set this color’d man crazy
Chorus
I seen her at de window
It was my dear Lucinda
She dress’d so neat and look so sweet
I’d gin my life to bin in thar
2. Her hair was curl’d tight round her head
I could not keep from grinning
I really thought I should suspire
When I heard dat yaller girl singing
3. I go to de door and pull de string
De bell it kept a ringing
Den she cum down and let me in
An dis here song kept singing
4. I got inside, I took a seat
And I thought I was a goner
Dar sat her beau, young Julius Crow
A noddin’ in de corner
5. So I left her at de window
I kiss my hand Lucinda
She dress so neat, and look so sweet
I wish dis nigga hadn’t been dar
Sung here by Fred Feild: