%images; ]> scsm-000064 Come back massa, come back : as sung by C. Henry at Wood's Minstrels, 514 Broadway, N.Y. / words by I.W. Lucas, Esq. ; composed and arranged by Gomez ...: a machine readable transcription. STERN COLLECTION OF LINCOLNIANA, Library of Congress Selected and converted. American Memory, Library of Congress.

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Come Back, Massa, Come Back.

Since Massa went to war de deuce has been to pay, De cotton-pickin' darkies hab all run away; Some are up at Richmon', de good for noffin scamps, And some are digin' muck in de Union Army camps.

Chorus: Den come back Massa, come back! O come back Massa, come back! Shake hands wid Uncle Sam, and be a Union man And sabe de ole Plantation!

Ole Missus once was gay, and dress'd in satin fine, Now she's awful poor, and wears no crinoline; De prog is mighty high, de money awful scarce, And Linkum's got a mortgage on de niggers ob de place.

De 'possum and de coon, are as sassy as you please Since all de blooded dogs were toted off by fleas, De measles toted off all de cunin' little nigs, And de sojers ob de army hab toted off de pigs!

What de war is all about dis darkie does'nt know, But he thinks dat Mars'r Davis has a mighty slim show; Down here in ole Virginy Ole Harry's to pay, Den come back Mars'r, or dis darkey'll run away!