Songs That Live 



1509 



A NEGRO LOVE BALLAD 



TOMBIGBEE RIVER 



S. S. Steele 



. (Jn Tomhi^T-hec riv-er so brirht I 



1. (Jn Tomhifj-hec riv-er so bright I *is born, In a hut mncie of husks of the tnll yellow corn. And 



2. All the day in ihe fiold the sofr cotton I hoe, And think of my Ju-lia and sing as I go; Oh, I 



3. With my hand^on the banjo and toe on the oar. I sing to the sound of the river's soft roar: While the 



4. One night the stream bore us so far, far away. We couldn't come back.sowetho't we'd ju^t stay, I'ut wc 



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there I first met with my Ju - lia so true, And I rowed her about in my Gum-tree canoe, 

 catch her a bird, with a uingoftrue blue, An' at night sail her 'round in my Gtim-tree canoe. 

 Stan; they look down at my Julia so true, And dance in her eye in my Gum-tree canoe, 

 spied a tall ship with a flag of true blue. And it took us in tow, with our Gum-tree canoe. 



Singing 

 Singing 

 Singing 

 Singing 



row a -way, row, o'er the waters so blue, Like a feather we'll float in my Gum-tree ca-noe. 

 row a- way, row, o'er the waters so blue. Like a feather we'll float in my Gum-tree ca-noe. 



