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Angelina Baker
(Traditional)
by Stephen Foster 1850
Lyrics from The Banjo Pickers Songbook
Not the original lyrics
Way down on the old plantation that’s where I was born
I used to beat the whole creation mowing in the corn
And then I laugh and then I sing so happily all day
Until Angelina Baker come and stole my heart away
Angelina Baker, Angelina Bakers gone
Left me here to weep a tear
and beat on the old jaw bone
Angelina Baker, Angelina Bakers gone
Left me here to weep a tear
and beat on the old jaw bone
I’ve seen my Angelina in the spring time and the fall
I’ve seen her at the cornfield & I’ve seen her at the ball
Every time I’ve seen her she was smiling like the sun
But now I’m left to weep a tear cause Angelina’s gone
I went to see my Angelina lovely sunny day
I asked them if they’d seen her but they said she’d gone away
I don't know were to find her because I don't know where she's gone
So now I’m left to weep a tear and weep on the old jaw bone