O Lemuel

Oh! Lemuel, my lark
 Oh! Lemuel, my beau
 I'm going to give a ball tonight
 I'd hab for you to know
 And if you want to dance
 Just dance outside the door
 Because your feet're so very large
 They'll cover all the floor
 Oh! Lem! Lem! Lem! Lem! Lemuel I say!
 Go down to the cotton fields
 And bring them boys away
 Go down to the cotton fields!
 Go down, I say!
 Go down and tell them cotton pickin' boys:
 We'll work no more today
 Oh! Lemuel, my hope
 Oh! Lemuel, my joy
 I'll tell you who'll be at the ball
 My woolly headed boy
 There's Nelly Bly, you know
 And Juliana Snow
 And cane-brake Kitty likes the boys
 And she'll be sure to go
 Oh! Lem! Lem! Lem! Lem! Lemuel I say!
 Go down to the cotton fields
 And bring them boys away
 Go down to the cotton fields!
 Go down, I say!
 Go down and tell them cotton pickin' boys:
 We'll work no more today
 Oh! Lemuel is tall
 Oh! Lemuel is fair
 Oh! Lemuel gone for a walk
 To take the morning air
 He makes the fiddle hum
 He makes the banjo tum
 He rattles on the old jawbone
 And beats upon the drum
 Oh! Lem! Lem! Lem! Lem! Lemuel I say!
 Go down to the cotton fields
 And bring them boys away
 Go down to the cotton fields!
 Go down, I say!
 Go down and tell them cotton pickin' boys:
 We'll work no more today
 Oh! Lemuel, my lark
 Oh! Lemuel, my beau
 I'm going to give a ball tonight
 I'd hab for you to know
 And if you want to dance
 Just dance outside the door
 Because your feet're so very large
 They'll cover all the floor
 Oh! Lem! Lem! Lem! Lem! Lemuel I say!
 Go down to the cotton fields
 And bring them boys away
 Go down to the cotton fields!
 Go down, I say!
 Go down and tell them cotton pickin' boys:
 We'll work no more today
 Go down to the cotton fields!
 Go down, I say!
 Go down and tell them cotton pickin' boys:
 We'll work no more today