A popular song from 1927
Words and music by Harry Barris
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
When the sun goes down
The tide goes out
The darkies gather ’round
And they all begin to shout
“Hey! Hey! Uncle Dud
It’s a treat to beat your feet
On the Mississippi Mud
It’s a treat to beat your feet
On the Mississippi Mud”
What a dance do they do
Lordy, how I’m tellin’ you
They don’t need no band
They keep time by clappin’ their hand
Just as happy as a cow
Chewin’ on a cud
When the people beat their feet
On the Mississippi Mud
Interlude
Lordy, how they play it
Goodness, how they sway it
Uncle Joe, Uncle Jim
How they pound the mire
With vigor and vim
Joy! that music thrill me
Boy! it nearly kills me
What a show when they go
Say! they beat it up either fast or slow