Den I lookee to de Norf, an’ I lookee to de Souf,
An’ spied a mighty purty flower garden,
An’ old Fader Miller a blowin’ the clarionet,
To invite us on the odder side o’ Jordan.
-- Then pull off your coats, roll up your sleeves,
---- Jordan is a hard road to travel.
-- Then pull off your coats, roll up your sleeves,
---- Jordan is a hard road to travel, I believe
Uncle Tom’s Cabin never was written by mortal hands,
It never was, and there’s no use of talking,
It was written long ago by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe,
When she lived on the other side of Jordan.
Poor Old Uncle Tom had a berry hard time,
Tho’ he asked Mrs. Beecher’s toe’s pardon,
But she never will diskiver what a wicked thing she did,
Till she tries to reach de odder side o’ Jordan,
Uncle Sam’s Black Slave hab got a mighty hard time,
But de “White Slave ob England” a more hard one,
An’ I radder do believe Uncle Sam comes out de best,
An’ he needn’t fear de odder side o’ Jordan.
~ The ladies of England have sent a big address
~ About slavery, and all its horrors, according,
~ They had better look at home, to their own white slaves,
~ That are starving on the English side of Jordan.
Den here’s to Columbia de country of de free,
Tho’ I ax all de odder nations pardon,
Let dem take my advice, an’ for freedom let dem fight,
Or dey’ll never see de odder side o’ Jordan.
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