[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]
A popular song from 1914
Words by Witherow and Carey
Music by Walter E. Davison
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- In coontown lived a gal
By the name of Linda Green
And ever night with Big Sam Jones
Miss Linda would be seen
And one day they got Married
And for a year or more
Miss Linda took in washin’
While old Sam would lay and snore
Then Sam he ne’er dropped dead
When to him his wife said
Chorus
You look better goin’ then you do a comin’
So get right out of here
You lazy coon, you’d sleep till noon
While your poor wife works for you
So, get right up, put on your hat
Get out that door and don’t come back
For you look better goin’ than you do a-comin’
So, get right out of here
- Oh, it was wet and cold
When Same from a boxcar
Rolled back to his Linda
He would go and tell his tale of woe
Kisses he thought he’d get
A juicy pie and omelet
But when he reached his home
Once more he found this on the door
Then Sam got down and cried
When o’er these words he sighed