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Ol' Gen'ral Bragg's a-Mowin' Down de Yankees
From Robert B. Murray; text without date and informant's address.
Stanza 2 seems incomplete. In dialect and narrative content the song
resembles 'Kingdom Coming.'
I or Gen'ral Bragg's a-mowing down
De Yankees ober dar ! Oh — O, oh — o !
You, Pomp and Pete, and Dinah, too.
You'll catch it now, I'll sw'ar.
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I'll whoop you good for mixin' wid
Dem Yankees when dey'z heah! Oh — O, o —
Heah comes our troops in crowds on crowds-
I know dat red an' gray.
But Lawd, what make dem hurry so
An* frow deyr guns away?
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4 or Massa den keep boff feet still
An' stared wiff boff he eyes,
Twell he seed de blue-coats jes' behin',
Which cotch him wid surprise.
5 or Massa's busy duckin' 'bout
In de swamps up to he knees,
While Dinah, Pomp, an' Pete dey look
As if dey mighty pleas'. Oh — , o — ee.