[Warning: contains racial stereotypes. Original presented as part of music history.]
Come 7-11!
a 1893 popular song
words and music by Bogart and O’Brien
arranged by Otto Bonnell
Lime is used in the manufacture of bricks. The bricks are heated to harden them.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- Do you want to be a member of the Lime Kiln Club?
Does you? (answer) We does
Do you ‘gree to zamination of the rules dat we must lub?
Does you? (answer) We does
Do you always totes your razor where it’s handy when you stoop?
Does you? (answer) We does
Do you always shut you eyes when you pass a chicken coop?
Does you? (answer) No
Chorus
Then brudders and sisters, just hand me the white wings
And see me flying to the sky
I’ll pay the toll for the Lime Kiln Club
When we meet on that shore up high
2. Do you b’lieve in keeping distant from the bee that flys?
Does you? (answer) We does
Do you know the coon that wears no shoes, he never makes a noise?
Does you? (answer) We does
Do you b’lieve in being a stranger with the dog that’s on his guard?
Does you? (answer) We does
Do you b’lieve in returning chickens that come over in your yard?
Does you? (answer) No
3. Do you think mellon in hand is worth two on the vine?
Does you? (answer) We does
When you put a nickel in the Deacon’s hat, does you always steal a dime?
Does you? (answer) We does
When you see a juicy possom does you knock him on the head?
Does you? (answer) We does
Do you b’lieve in buying stovewood when your neighbor am in bed?
Does you? (answer) No
Sung here by Fred Feild: