Nigger Put Down Dat Jug

[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]

A minstrel song from 1844
Words by Cool White
Music by Henry Russell (from “Woodman Spare That Tree”)
Arranged by J. W. Turner

The sheet music:

Nigger Put Down Dat Jug – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb:

Nigger Put Down Dat Jug – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. Nigger put down that jug.
    Touch not a single drop;
    I’d gin it many a hug,
    And dar you lef it stop;
    ‘Twas dis ole nigger’s hand
    Dat fust did place it dar;
    An dar you lef it stand
    Or else dis nigger swar.
  2. Dat ole famyliar jug,
    Chock full ob nigger rum,
    Lord how I lub to hug
    Becase de drunk soon come;
    Dar nigger lef it lay,
    Touch not a single taste;–
    Golly I cum dat way
    Your back wid ropes I haste.
  3. When but a nigger boy,
    A hoeing massa’s corn,
    Lord how it gub me joy
    To take from dat a horn;
    I kiss it two tree time,
    An den I suck him dry;
    Dat jug he name but mine
    So dar yu’s lef him be.
  4. My moufh around he cling
    Close as de rum ole friend,
    I kiss he an I sing
    Dat rum may nebber end;
    Nigger put down dat jug,
    Touch not a single drop;
    I’d gin it many a hug,
    An dar you lef it stop