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First Line: Sam, he plays de trombone
Last Line: On my ol' bass horn.
Subject(s): West Virginia


Sam, he plays de trombone
In de cullud Masons' ban',
And de gals dey set and watch him
On de big gran' stan',
How he fling dat horn a-flutin'
In de a'r, aroun' an' roun',
Keepin' time unto de music, --
He's de bigges' man in town.
Kaze it's fine ter play dat trombone,
But as sho' as you er born,
I sits back in de corner
Wid mah ol' bass horn,

Wid mah um-pah, um-pan, um-pah,
Jes' as easy as you please,
An' mah Adam's apple dancin'
Like de apples on de trees.
An' Sam, he's sweatin', workin'
Like he's diggin' up de corn,
But I plays mah easy um-pah
On mah ol' bass horn.

Dat Saxophone! Jim plays it;
And Lawdy, how it do
Git down inter my gizzud
Whenever she is blew;
And mah foot, hit keeps a-pattin'
Out de time, upon de flo' . . .
But I likes my plain ol' um-pah
On de bass horn dat I blow.

When we marches to de fun'ral
Of a brutha dats decease,
We always plays a lonesome
Sorter solemncolly piece;
And de French horns and de toobeys,
And de big bassoon
And de rattlin' little tenner drum
Doan' play no jolly tune.

But, makes no diffunce whut dey plays
Kaze, sho' as you er born,
I plays mah little um-pah
On my ol' bass horn.





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