#284 - Down Among the Sugar Cane

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Composer:
- Charles Dupee Blake
  (1846-1903), 1876
Also known as:
- Down Among de Sugar Cane
- companion song to #166 - The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane
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Lyrics:
De little ole log cabin is standing down there still,
But my ole dog is sleeping by de creek dat turns de mill;
Ole Marsa says foreber with him I shall remain,
And when I'm dead he'll lay me down among de sugarcane.

chorus:
Dar let me rest, dar let me rest, to nebber wake again,
Dar'll be no care or trubble, down among de sugarcane.

Ise growing old and weary, I feel it eb'ry day,
So bery weak and feeble, I cannot see my way,
De cole wind makes me tremble, my body's full of pain;
I'se passing to my resting, down among de sugarcane.

De d—ies in de moonlight, dey dance around de door,
Dey sing an' laugh so gaily, I'll nebber jine dem more,
I hear de banjo ringing, how sweet is dat refrain,
To him dat now is going, down among de sugarcane.

Den gather round me, d—ies, my eyes are growing dim,
Oh, sing again so sweetly, to me dat good ole hymn,
Dar's heaps of consolation for all our grief and pain;
I'm going to my resting, down among de sugarcane.

A copy of the 1876 sheet music for the song (giving the title as “Down Among De Sugar Cane“) is held in the Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection at the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries & University Museums and may be viewed online at levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu
- Arthur W. French
  , 1876