618. Oh, I Used to Drink Beer

618
Oh, I Used to Drink Beer

No title. From Mrs. Norman J. Herring, Tomahawk, Sampson county ;
undated. "Negro song." The repetition indicated in stanza i continues
in stanzas 2 and 3.

1 Oh. I used to drink beer.
But I throwed it all away,
But I throwed it all away,
But I throwed it all away.
Oh, I used to drink beer,
Bitt I throwed it all away,
And now I'm free at last.

2 Oh, I used to chew tobacco.
But I throwed it all away, etc.

3 (Jh, I used to love sin.

But I throwed it all away, etc.

4 Oh, I gave hell a shake

\\ hen I came out de wilderness,
When I came out de wilderness.
When I came otit de wilderness.
Oh, I gave hell a shake
When I came out de wilderness.