Coal Black Rose

Ch: Oh my Rosy, Coal black Rose Don't you hear de banjo Pink a pong apong Ch: Oh my Rosy, Coal black Rose

Oh my Rosy, Coal black Rose Don't you hear the banjo jing-a-jing-jing Ch: Oh my Rosy, Coal black Rose Rung up like a banjo string The yard is a-moving, holly-holly-ho The matey comes a ding-a-ding-dang Up aloft from down below Up to the shiv-hole she must go Shake and break her blast ya' soul One more pull and then belay

Lubly Rosa, Sambo cum, Don't you hear de banjo tum-tum-tum Lubly Rosa, Sambo cum, Don't you hear de banjo tum-tum-tum Dat you, Sambo? yes I cum Don't you hear de banjo tum-tum-tum Lubly Rosa, Sambo cum, Don't you hear de banjo tum-tum-tum Tay a little, Sambo, I cum soon As I make a fire in de backa room Tay a little, Sambo, I cum soon As I make a fire in de backa room I laf to tink if you's mine, Lubly Rose, I'd gib plenty Lord above knows Ob possum fat hominy, sometime rice, Cowheel, sug'cane, eb'ryting nice

ChorusO Rose, de coal black Rose, I wish I may be scorch'd if I don't lub Rose O Rose, de coal black Rose,