ZIP COON
Authorship claimed by George Washington Dixon, Bob Farrell or George Nichols.
Later issues attributed to Dan Emmett
This Edition Published & Copyright 1882 by Oliver Ditson & Co.

1.
I went down to sandy hook toder arter noon,
I went down to sandy hook toder arternoon,
I went down to sandy hook toder arter noon,
Ar'd de fust man I met dare was ole Zip Coon.

[Chorus]
Old Zip Coon is a very learned scholar
Old Zip Coon is a very learned scholar,
Old Zip Coon is a very learned scholr,
and he plays upon de banjo, Cooney in der holler.

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2.
Ole Sukey Blue skin fell in lub wid me,
She vite me to her house to take a cup a tea,
What do you tink old Sukey had for de supper;
Chicken foot, Sparrow grass and apple sauce butter.
[Chorus, Old Zip Coon, etc.]
3.
Did you ever see de wild goose sail upon de ocean?
O de wild goose motion is a very pretty notion.
An when de wild goose winks he beckons to de swaller,
An den de wild goose holler, goggle, goggle, goggle.
[Chorus, Old Zip Coon, etc.]

4.
O my old mistress is very mad wid me,
Because I wouldn't go wid her and live in Tennessee,
Massa build a barn dere and put in all de fodder,
Dere was dis ting an dat ting an one ting odder.
[Chorus, Old Zip Coon, etc.]