[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]
A popular song from 1867.
Music by A. M. Hernandez
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb:
Lyrics
1. Your attention I ask for a while
To a song I’m going to sing you
It’s about a pretty yaller gal
I met while I was walking
And she threw such a glance at me
She was pretty, and as sweet as a flow’r
Such clothes you never did see
She’s a darling little bonnet
With a flower garden on it
Had the yaller gal that wink’d at me
Chorus
Oh my! she look’d so sweet
And she dress’d so neat
With her tilting hoops and pretty little feet
As she went skipping along
Pretty little yaller gal I met while I was walking,
And she threw such a glance at me—
As she skipp’d across the gutter
My heart went a flutter,
For the yaller gal that wink’d at me.
2. I immediately asked her name
And she said it was Lucinda
She said I was a stunner
And for life that I had won her
And married we should be
So I’d dress up and I’d walk by her house
Every afternoon about three
And I’d glance up at the window
For to see my dear Lucinda
She’s the yaller gal that wink’d at me
3. Oh you should have seen her
On her wedding day
She was handsome as a venus
When the parson made us one
Ah then the thing was done
And I never felt so happy in my life
So I’ve bought a little place out of town
If you go by stop in and see
You’ll be welcom’d by a wife
That’s as dear to me as life
She’s the yaller gal that wink’d at me