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[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Ethiopian Lullaby from 1894
Words by Thomas Le Mack
Music by Andrew Mack<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Source: Detroit Public Library, Music and Drama;
The Hackley Collection;
Digital ID: dpl-hac-11087.dc
OCLC Record ID: 50678638]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. \u201cTell me what you does with all your money,\u201d says Phoebe,
    \u201cTell me how you gits rid of all your money,\u201d says Phoebe!
    I takes our the dice and rolls dem, so!
    Is dat you seven? Mm, Mm? No, so!
    Oh, dat\u2019s de way my money does go, Phoebe!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Refrain:
    \u201cOh, Oh, Oh, please lemme know, Phoebe,
    If you love me, tell me so!
    \u201cOh, Oh, Oh, please lemme know; Phoebe,
    If you love me, tell me so!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Chorus:
    Stars are shining,
    The moon am climbing,
    Meet me, Phoebe Jane!
    Come, my honey, I\u2019se got money,
    Come, my honey, I\u2019se got money,
    And we\u2019ll take de train. train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. \u201cWhen the wint\u2019ry winds begin to blow,\u201d says Phoebe,
      \u201cNothing then in sight, for to eat, but snow,\u201d says Phoebe!
      I gathers the money layin\u2019 round,
      You saves yours up and I saves mine down;
      Oh! hold your job, we\u2019ll own this town, Phoebe!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      [WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] An Ethiopian Lullaby from 1894Words by Thomas Le MackMusic by Andrew Mack [Source: Detroit Public Library, Music and Drama;The Hackley Collection;Digital ID: dpl-hac-11087.dcOCLC Record ID: 50678638] Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb: Refrain:\u201cOh, Oh, Oh, please lemme know, Phoebe,If … Continue reading “Phoebe”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5481","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1qp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5483,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5481\/revisions\/5483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}